9  If one turns away his ear from hearing the law,

even his ^bprayer is an abomination.

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2  but ^ayour iniquities have made a separation

between you and your God,

and your sins have ^bhidden his face from you

so that he does not hear.

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31 We know that God ^adoes not listen to sinners, but ^bif anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him.

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3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask ^vwrongly, to spend it on your passions.

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9  Will God hear his cry

when distress comes upon him?