Psalm 66:18 {65:18}
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If I have looked at iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.

If I regard

Job 27:8,9 For what is the hope of the hypocrite if through covetousness he take by violence, and God deliver not his soul? . . .

Proverbs 15:8,29 The victims of the wicked are abominable to the Lord: the vows of the just are acceptable. . . .

Proverbs 21:13 He that stoppeth his ear against the cry of the poor, shall also cry himself, and shall not be heard.

Proverbs 28:9 He that turneth away his ears from hearing the law, his prayer shall be an abomination.

Isaiah 1:15 And when you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away my eyes from you: and when you multiply prayer, I will not hear: for your hands are full of blood.

John 9:31 Now we know that God doth not hear sinners: but if a man be a server of God and doth his, will, him he heareth.

James 4:3 You ask and receive not: because you ask amiss, that you may consume it on your concupiscences.

Context
Make a Joyful Noise
17I cried to him with my mouth: and I extolled him with my tongue. 18If I have looked at iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.19Therefore hath God heard me, and hath attended to the voice of my supplication.…
Cross References
John 9:31
Now we know that God doth not hear sinners: but if a man be a server of God and doth his, will, him he heareth.

James 4:3
You ask and receive not: because you ask amiss, that you may consume it on your concupiscences.

Deuteronomy 1:45
And when you returned and wept before the Lord, he heard you not, neither would he yield to your voice.

Job 27:9
Will God hear his cry, when distress shall come upon him?

Job 36:21
Beware thou turn not aside to iniquity: for this thou hast begun to follow after misery.

Psalm 18:23
And I shall be spotless with him: and shall keep myself from my iniquity.

Psalm 18:41
They cried, but there was none to save them, to the Lord: but he heard them not.

Proverbs 1:28
Because they have hated instruction, and received not the fear of the Lord,

Proverbs 28:9
He that turneth away his ears from hearing the law, his prayer shall be an abomination.

Isaiah 1:15
And when you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away my eyes from you: and when you multiply prayer, I will not hear: for your hands are full of blood.

Jeremiah 11:14
Therefore do not thou pray for this people, and do not take up praise and prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time of their cry to me, in the time of their affliction.

Lexicon
If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

I had cherished
רָאִ֣יתִי (rā·’î·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

iniquity
אָ֭וֶן (’ā·wen)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 205: Strictly nothingness, trouble, vanity, wickedness, an idol

in my heart,
בְלִבִּ֑י (ḇə·lib·bî)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

the Lord
אֲדֹנָֽי׃ (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 136: The Lord

would not
לֹ֖א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

have listened.
יִשְׁמַ֣ע ׀ (yiš·ma‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8085: To hear intelligently


Additional Translations
If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:

If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear:

If I have regarded iniquity in my heart, let not the Lord hearken to me.

Had I regarded iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not hear.

If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear:

If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:

If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn't have listened.

Iniquity, if I have seen in my heart, The Lord doth not hear.
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