Lamentations 3:8

New Living Translation

And though I cry and shout, he has shut out my prayers.

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“I cry out, ‘Help!’ but no one answers me. I protest, but there is no justice.

“I cry to you, O God, but you don’t answer. I stand before you, but you don’t even look.

Every day I call to you, my God, but you do not answer. Every night I lift my voice, but I find no relief.

O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, how long will you be angry with our prayers?

“You have engulfed us with your anger, chased us down, and slaughtered us without mercy.

You have hidden yourself in a cloud so our prayers cannot reach you.

How long, O Lord, must I call for help? But you do not listen! “Violence is everywhere!” I cry, but you do not come to save.

At about three o’clock, Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”

For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.