13Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
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The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-13)Elihu here returns an answer to another word that Job had said, which, he thought, reflected much upon the justice and goodness of God, and therefore ought not to pass without a remark. Observe, I. What it was that Job complained of; it was this, That God did not regard the cries of the oppressed against their oppressors (Job 35:9): “ By reason of the multitude of oppressions , the many hardships…
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