Psalms 66:18
16 Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.
17 I cried out to Him with my mouth and praised Him with my tongue.
If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
19 But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.
20 Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld from me His loving devotion!
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
- KJV
- If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
- WEB
- If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened.
- ASV
- If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear:
- DARBY
- Had I regarded iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not hear.
- BLB
- If I had seen iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
- ÅB
- Hadde jeg urett for øye i mitt hjerte, så ville Herren ikke høre.
- OTB
- Hvis jeg har urett i mitt hjerte,
Vil Herren ikke høre; - B1930
- Hadde jeg urett for øie i mitt hjerte, så vilde Herren ikke høre.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 9:31
We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.
Read in contextProverbs 28:9
Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.
Read in contextProverbs 15:29
The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.
Read in contextProverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
Read in contextIsaiah 1:15
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
Read in contextJames 4:3
And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.
Read in contextProverbs 21:13
Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.
Read in contextJob 27:8–9
For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
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