29The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
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Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. …
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 29)Note, 1. God sets himself at a distance from those that set him at defiance: The wicked say to the Almighty, Depart from us , and he is, accordingly, far from them; he does not manifest himself to them, has no communion with them, will not hear them, will not help them, no, not in the time of their need. They shall be for ever banished from his presence and he will behold them afar off. Depart fro…
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