Behold, I cry out, ‘Violence!’ but I am not answered; I call aloud, but there is no justice.
Lamentations 3:8 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) though I call and cry for help, he shuts out my prayer; More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Also when I cry and shout, He shutteth out my prayer. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Even when I cry and shout for help, He shuts out my prayer. American Standard Version (1901) Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer. Common English Bible Even though I call out and cry for help, he silences my prayer. Catholic Public Domain Version GHIMEL. Yet even when I cry out and beg, he excludes my prayer. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Ghimel. Yea, and when I cry and entreat, he hath shut out my prayer. |
Behold, I cry out, ‘Violence!’ but I am not answered; I call aloud, but there is no justice.
I cry to thee and thou dost not answer me; I stand, and thou dost not heed me.
O my God, I cry by day, but thou dost not answer; and by night, but find no rest.
O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry with thy people's prayers?
“Thou hast wrapped thyself with anger and pursued us, slaying without pity;
thou hast wrapped thyself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through.
O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and thou wilt not hear? Or cry to thee “Violence!” and thou wilt not save?
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lama sabach-thani?” that is, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”
For every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.