Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him, questioning whether God will respond to the wicked's prayer in extremity, asserting that the wicked have no right of access to divine favor. The rhetorical question implies negative answer: God will not hear the wicked's cry because the wicked have rejected the relationship with God that alone would give their prayer authority. The coming of distress upon the godless suggests that wickedness eventuates in suffering, that moral corruption produces its own consequences. Job's assertion that prayer in distress will be unheard establishes the principle that wickedness forecloses the possibility of divine response.

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