Lamentations 3:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Even when I shouted and prayed for help, he refused to listen.

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I cry out day and night, but you don't answer, and I can never rest.

I beg God for help, but there is no answer; and when I stand up, he simply stares.

Though I pray to be rescued from this torment, no whisper of justice answers me.

Then about that time Jesus shouted, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you deserted me?”

Our LORD, how long must I beg for your help before you listen? How long before you save us from all this violence?

You are behind a wall of clouds that blocks out our prayers.

LORD God All-Powerful, how much longer will the prayers of your people make you angry?

Anger is written all over you, as you pursue and slaughter us without showing pity.

Everyone who asks will receive, everyone who searches will find, and the door will be opened for everyone who knocks.