Lamentations 3:8

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Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 30:20 : 20 I cry out to You, but You do not answer; I stand up, but You just look at me.
  • Ps 22:2 : 2 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Far from saving me, from the words of my groaning.
  • Job 19:7 : 7 Behold, I cry out, 'Violence!' but I am not answered; I call for help, but there is no justice.
  • Ps 80:4 : 4 God, restore us! Make your face shine upon us so that we may be saved.
  • Lam 3:44 : 44 You have covered Yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through.
  • Hab 1:2 : 2 How long, LORD, must I call for help and You do not listen? I cry out to You, 'Violence!' but You do not save.
  • Matt 27:46 : 46 About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out with a loud voice, 'Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?' (which means, 'My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?').

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