Lamentations 3:8

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though I call and cry for help, he shuts out my prayer;

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Behold, I cry out, ‘Violence!’ but I am not answered; I call aloud, but there is no justice.

I cry to thee and thou dost not answer me; I stand, and thou dost not heed me.

O my God, I cry by day, but thou dost not answer; and by night, but find no rest.

O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry with thy people's prayers?

“Thou hast wrapped thyself with anger and pursued us, slaying without pity;

thou hast wrapped thyself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through.

O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and thou wilt not hear? Or cry to thee “Violence!” and thou wilt not save?

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lama sabach-thani?” that is, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”

For every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.