¹⁵ When you spread out your hands^(A) in prayer,
    I hide^(B) my eyes from you;
even when you offer many prayers,
    I am not listening.^(C)

Your hands^(D) are full of blood!^(E)

⁹ If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction,
    even their prayers are detestable.^(A)

¹³ Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor
    will also cry out^(A) and not be answered.^(B)

²⁸ “Then they will call to me but I will not answer;^(A)
    they will look for me but will not find me,^(B)
29 since they hated knowledge
    and did not choose to fear the Lord.^(C)

¹⁵ and call^(A) on me in the day of trouble;^(B)
    I will deliver^(C) you, and you will honor^(D) me.”

“What right have you to recite my laws
    or take my covenant^(E) on your lips?^(F)
17 You hate^(G) my instruction
    and cast my words behind^(H) you.
¹⁸ When you see a thief, you join^(I) with him;
    you throw in your lot with adulterers.^(J)
19 You use your mouth for evil
    and harness your tongue to deceit.^(K)
20 You sit and testify against your brother^(L)
    and slander your own mother’s son.
²¹ When you did these things and I kept silent,^(M)
    you thought I was exactly^[a] like you.
But I now arraign^(N) you
    and set my accusations^(O) before you.