Even when I cry and shout, He shuts out my prayer.
O My God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear; And in the night season, and am not silent.
“I cry out to You, but You do not answer me; I stand up, and You regard me.
“If I cry out concerning wrong, I am not heard. If I cry aloud, there is no justice.
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
O Lord, how long shall I cry, And You will not hear? Even cry out to You, “Violence!” And You will not save.
You have covered Yourself with a cloud, That prayer should not pass through.
O Lord God of hosts, How long will You be angry Against the prayer of Your people?
You have covered Yourself with anger And pursued us; You have slain and not pitied.
For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
