If I had considered evil in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.
He who turns his ear from listening to instruction,
even his prayer is an abomination.
What is the abundance of your sacrifices to me? says Yahweh.
I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
and the fat of fattened animals
and I do not delight in the blood of bulls
and ram-lambs and goats.
When you come to appear before me,
who asked for this from your hand:
you trampling my courts?
You must not continue to bring offerings of futility,
incense—it is an abomination to me;
new moon and Sabbath, the calling of a convocation—
I cannot endure iniquity with solemn assembly.
Your new moons and your appointed festivals my soul hates;
they have become to me like a burden,
I am not able to bear them.
And when you stretch out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
even though you make many prayers,
I will not be listening.
Your hands are full of blood.
Look! The hand of Yahweh is not too short to save,
and his ear is not too dull to hear.
Rather, your iniquities have been barriers between you and your God,
and your sins have hidden his face from you, from hearing.
We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if someone is devout and does his will, he listens to this one.