I cry out, ‘Violence! ’ but get no response; I call for help, but there is no justice.
Lamentations 3:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Even when I cry out and plead for help, he blocks out my prayer. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Also when I cry and shout, He shutteth out my prayer. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Even when I cry and shout for help, He shuts out my prayer. American Standard Version (1901) Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer. Common English Bible Even though I call out and cry for help, he silences my prayer. Catholic Public Domain Version GHIMEL. Yet even when I cry out and beg, he excludes my prayer. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Ghimel. Yea, and when I cry and entreat, he hath shut out my prayer. |
I cry out, ‘Violence! ’ but get no response; I call for help, but there is no justice.
I cry out to you for help, but you do not answer me; when I stand up, you merely look at me.
‘You have covered yourself in anger and pursued us; you have killed without compassion.
You have covered yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can get through.
How long, Lord, must I call for help and you do not listen or cry out to you about violence and you do not save?
At about three in the afternoon Jesus cried out with a loud voice, ‘Elí, Elí, lemá sabachtháni? ’ that is, ‘My God, my God, why have you abandoned me ?’ ,
For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.