Behold, I cry out, ‘Violence!’ but I am not answered; I call for help, but there is no justice.
Lamentations 3:8 - English Standard Version 2016 though I call and cry for help, he shuts 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. |
Behold, I cry out, ‘Violence!’ but I am not answered; I call for help, but there is no justice.
I cry to you for help and you do not answer me; I stand, and you only look at me.
O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest.
O Lord God of hosts, how long will you be angry with your people’s prayers?
“You have wrapped yourself with anger and pursued us, killing without pity;
you have wrapped yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through.
O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear? Or cry to you “Violence!” and you will not save?
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.