¹⁸ If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me;^(A)

⁷ When [the wicked] is judged, let him be condemned, and let his prayer [for leniency] be turned into a sin.

⁸ The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination, hateful and exceedingly offensive to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is His delight!^(A)

¹¹ But they refused to listen and turned a rebellious and stubborn shoulder and made heavy and dull their ears that they might not hear.