Proverbs 15:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Is far from the wicked, to wit, when they pray to him, as the next clause explains, and therefore doth not hear nor regard them, as he is said to be nigh to the righteous, Psalms 34:18, Psalms 145:18. But this farness or nearness respecteth not God's essence, which is every where, but his gracious and helpful presence.