Proverbs 15:29 (BSB)

The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.

From Proverbs 15. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 15:29

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 15:29: Note, 1. God sets himself at a distance from those that set him at defiance: The wicked say to the Almighty, Depart from us, and he is, accordingly, far from them; he does not manifest himself to them, has no communion with them, will not hear them, will not help them, no, not in the time of their need.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 15:29: The Lord is far from the wicked,.... Not as to his essence or powerful presence, which is everywhere, for he is God omnipresent; but with respect to his favour and good will, he is far from helping in distress, and from hearing their cries when they apply unto him in desperate circumstances; nor does he admit them to nearness and communion with him now, as...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 15:29: far . . . wicked--in His love and favor (Psa 22:11; Psa 119:155).
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 15:29: Pro 15:29 29 Jahve is far from the godless; But the prayer of the righteous He heareth. Line second is a variation of 8b. God is far from the godless, viz., as Polychronius remarks, non spatii intercapedine, sed sententiae diversitate; more correctly: as to His gracious presence - חלץ מהם, He has withdrawn Himself from them, Hos 10:6, so that if they pray, their prayer reaches not to Him.