Even when I cry for help, He shuts out my prayer.
“Behold, I cry out concerning wrong, but I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no justice.
“I cry unto You, but You do not hear me; I stand up, and You do not regard me.
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not answer; and at night, and have no rest.
O Lord God of Hosts, how long will You be angry with the prayers of Your people?
You have covered Yourself with anger and pursued us; You have killed and not pitied.
You have covered Yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer should pass through.
O Lord, how long shall I cry, and You will not hear? Or cry to You, “Violence!” and You will not save?
About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
