Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
Isaiah 64:12 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Lord? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore? Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Considering these [calamities], will You restrain Yourself, O Lord [and not come to our aid]? Will You keep silent and not command our deliverance but humble and afflict us exceedingly? American Standard Version (1901) Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Jehovah? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore? Common English Bible After all this, will you hold back, LORD? Will you keep silent and torment us so terribly? Catholic Public Domain Version Should you restrain yourself, O Lord, concerning these things? Should you remain silent, and afflict us vehemently? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Wilt thou refrain thyself, O Lord, upon these things? Wilt thou hold thy peace and afflict us vehemently? |
Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
How long, Lord? Wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?
Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
Then the angel of the Lord answered and said, O Lord of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?
and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?