Sálmarnir 66:18

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18 Ef ég hygg á illt í hjarta mínu, þá heyrir Drottinn ekki.

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If I regard: Job 27:8, Job 27:9, Proverbs 15:8, Proverbs 15:29, Proverbs 21:13, Proverbs 28:9, Isaiah 1:15, John 9:31, James 4:3

Reciprocal: Leviticus 15:31 - Thus shall Ezra 8:23 - and he was entreated Job 9:16 - If I had Job 16:17 - my prayer Job 16:18 - let my cry Job 22:27 - make thy Job 36:21 - regard Psalms 7:3 - if there Psalms 19:14 - Let Isaiah 55:7 - his thoughts Isaiah 58:9 - shalt thou Jeremiah 4:14 - How long Jeremiah 11:11 - cry Jeremiah 11:14 - for Ezekiel 14:3 - should Ezekiel 20:31 - and shall John 4:24 - must Romans 8:27 - knoweth 1 Timothy 2:8 - lifting 2 Timothy 2:22 - call 1 John 3:22 - whatsoever

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If I regard iniquity in my heart,.... There was iniquity in his heart, as there is in every good man's heart, and a great deal too; it is full of it; and it should be regarded in some sense, so as to guard against it, and pray to be kept from it, that it may not break forth into action; and so as to loath it, abhor it, and be humbled for it; but not so as to nourish and cherish it, to take delight and pleasure in it: or "if I look upon it" h, as it may be rendered; that is, with approbation of it, and satisfaction in it, and ordered his conversation according to it; or acted the deceitful and hypocritical part in prayer; or had any evil intention in his petitions, to consume on his lusts what he asked for;

the Lord will not hear [me]; for the Lord hears not sinners that delight in sin, and live in it; neither profane sinners nor hypocrites; see John 9:31.

h אם ראיתי "si vidi", Pagninus, Montanus; "si aspexi", V. L. "si conspexi", Gejerus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If I regard iniquity in my heart - literally, “If I have seen iniquity in my heart.” That is, If I have indulged in a purpose of iniquity; if I have had a wicked end in view; if I have not been willing to forsake all sin; if I have cherished a purpose of pollution or wrong. The meaning is not literally, If I have “seen” any iniquity in my heart - for no one can look into his own heart, and not see that it is defiled by sin; but, If I have cherished it in my soul; if I have gloated over past sins; if I am purposing to commit sin again; if I am not willing to abandon all sin, and to be holy.

The Lord will not hear me - That is, He will not regard and answer my prayer. The idea is, that in order that prayer may be heard, there must be a purpose to forsake all forms of sin. This is a great and most important principle in regard to prayer. The same principle is affirmed or implied in Psalms 18:41; Psalms 34:15; Proverbs 1:28; Proverbs 15:29; Proverbs 28:9; Isaiah 15:1-9; Jeremiah 11:11; Jeremiah 14:12; Zechariah 7:13; John 9:31. It is also especially stated in Isaiah 58:3-7. The principle is applicable

(a) to secret purposes of sin; to sinful desires, corrupt passions. and evil propensities;

(b) to acts of sin in individuals, as when a man is pursuing a business founded on fraud, dishonesty, oppression, and wrong;

(c) to public acts of sin, as when a people fast and pray Isaiah 58:1-14, and yet hold their fellow-men in bondage; or enact and maintain unjust and unrighteous laws; or uphold the acts of wicked rulers; or countenance and support by law that which is contrary to the law of God; and

(d) to the feelings of an awakened and trembling sinner when he is professedly seeking salvation.

If there is still the love of evil in his heart; if he has some cherished purpose of iniquity which he is not willing to abandon; if there is any one sin, however small or unimportant it may seem to be, which he is not willing to forsake, he cannot hope that God will hear his prayer; he may be assured that he will not. All prayer, to be acceptable to God, must be connected with a purpose to forsake all sin.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 66:18. If I regard iniquity in my heart — "If I have seen (ראיתי raithi) iniquity in my heart," if I have known it was there, and encouraged it; if I pretended to be what I was not; if I loved iniquity, while I professed to pray and be sorry for my sin; the Lord, אדני Adonai, my Prop, Stay, and Supporter, would not have heard, and I should have been left without help or support.