²⁹ The Lord is far from the wicked,
    but he hears the prayers of the righteous.

¹⁵ When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will not look.
    Though you offer many prayers, I will not listen,
    for your hands are covered with the blood of innocent victims.

⁹ God detests the prayers
    of a person who ignores the law.

¹⁹ He grants the desires of those who fear him;
    he hears their cries for help and rescues them.

²⁸ “When they cry for help, I will not answer.
    Though they anxiously search for me, they will not find me.
²⁹ For they hated knowledge
    and chose not to fear the Lord.

¹⁵ The eyes of the Lord watch over those who do right;
    his ears are open to their cries for help.
¹⁶ But the Lord turns his face against those who do evil;
    he will erase their memory from the earth.