I loved because the Lord will hear. This is what the prophet Isaiah said (Isaiah 30:19): "For a people shall dwell in Zion, in Jerusalem; you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. As soon as he hears it, he answers you."
We are not required to come before God with anything other than our prayers, for if He hears, He will forgive, as it says in Daniel 9:19: "O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, listen and act and do not delay, for your own sake, my God, because your city and your people bear your Name." Israel loves God to hear their prayers. Therefore, I loved because the Lord will hear. The assembly of Israel said, "I love you," and therefore, I loved because the Lord will hear.
And out of my love for Him, I am sick, as it says in Song of Songs 2:5: "I am lovesick." And I am not sick with heartache or headache, but with love, as it says, "I am lovesick." I love Him and I love His house, as it says in Psalm 26:8: "Lord, I love the habitation of your house." And no one knows the love that one has for another, as it says in Song of Songs 8:7: "Many waters cannot quench love."
But if I have seen wickedness in my heart, the Lord will not hear, as it says in Psalm 66:18: "If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened." I say to them, "You love me, and I love you," as it says in Deuteronomy 7:8: "But it was because the Lord loved you and kept the oath he swore to your ancestors." And it says in Deuteronomy 13:5, "Love him and keep his commandments and obey him."