Lamentations 3:8

Webster's Bible (1833)

Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 30:20 : 20 I cry to you, and you do not answer me. I stand up, and you gaze at me.
  • Ps 22:2 : 2 My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don't answer; In the night season, and am not silent.
  • Job 19:7 : 7 "Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice.
  • Ps 80:4 : 4 Yahweh God of hosts, How long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?
  • Lam 3:44 : 44 You have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
  • Hab 1:2 : 2 Yahweh, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you "Violence!" and will you not save?
  • Matt 27:46 : 46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lima{TR reads "lama" instead of "lima"} sabachthani?" That is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

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    13 But to you, Yahweh, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer comes before you.

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