they have no pity and speak proudly.

their hearts pour out evil, and their minds are busy with wicked schemes.

Then he said to me, "Make the minds of these people dull, their ears deaf, and their eyes blind, so that they cannot see or hear or understand. If they did, they might turn to me and be healed."

because this people's minds are dull, and they have stopped up their ears and closed their eyes. Otherwise, their eyes would see, their ears would hear, their minds would understand, and they would turn to me, says God, and I would heal them.' "

I take pleasure in your laws; your commands I will not forget.

Keep me obedient to your commandments, because in them I find happiness.

How I love to do your will, my God! I keep your teaching in my heart."

My inner being delights in the law of God.