29 Jehovah is far away from the wicked ones,+ but the prayer of the righteous ones he hears.+

9 He that is turning his ear away from hearing the law+—even his prayer is something detestable.+

15 And when YOU spread out YOUR palms,+ I hide my eyes from YOU.+ Even though YOU make many prayers,+ I am not listening;+ with bloodshed* YOUR very hands have become filled.+

31 We know that God does not listen to sinners,+ but if anyone is God-fearing and does his will, he listens to this one.+

3 YOU do ask, and yet YOU do not receive, because YOU are asking for a wrong purpose,+ that YOU may expend [it] upon YOUR cravings for sensual pleasure.+