Even when I call out or cry for help, he shuts out my prayer.
“Though I cry, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
“I cry out to you, God, but you do not answer; I stand up, but you merely look at me.
My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest.
How long, Lord God Almighty, will your anger smolder against the prayers of your people?
“You have covered yourself with anger and pursued us; you have slain without pity.
You have covered yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can get through.
How long, Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save?
About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).
For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.