Lamentations 3:8

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

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

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

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

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?”

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

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

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;

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