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Afflictions » Life tested by the lord » Sometimes prolonged
I am absolutely terrified, and you, Lord -- how long will this continue?
For the music director; a psalm of David. How long, Lord, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me?
O Lord, how long are you going to just stand there and watch this? Rescue me from their destructive attacks; guard my life from the young lions!
How long will this go on, O Lord? Will you stay angry forever? How long will your rage burn like fire?
O Lord God, invincible warrior! How long will you remain angry at your people while they pray to you?
How long, O Lord, will this last? Will you remain hidden forever? Will your anger continue to burn like fire?
Turn back toward us, O Lord! How long must this suffering last? Have pity on your servants!
How long, Lord, must I cry for help? But you do not listen! I call out to you, "Violence!" But you do not intervene!
The angel of the Lord then asked, "Lord who rules over all, how long before you have compassion on Jerusalem and the other cities of Judah which you have been so angry with for these seventy years?"
Seventy » The jews in captivity in babylon for seventy years
The angel of the Lord then asked, "Lord who rules over all, how long before you have compassion on Jerusalem and the other cities of Judah which you have been so angry with for these seventy years?"
"For the Lord says, 'Only when the seventy years of Babylonian rule are over will I again take up consideration for you. Then I will fulfill my gracious promise to you and restore you to your homeland.
in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, came to understand from the sacred books that, according to the word of the LORD disclosed to the prophet Jeremiah, the years for the fulfilling of the desolation of Jerusalem were seventy in number.
"Speak to all the people and priests of the land as follows: 'When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and seventh months through all these seventy years, did you truly fast for me -- for me, indeed?
This whole area will become a desolate wasteland. These nations will be subject to the king of Babylon for seventy years.' "'But when the seventy years are over, I will punish the king of Babylon and his nation for their sins. I will make the land of Babylon an everlasting ruin. I, the Lord, affirm it!
Trials » Sometimes prolonged
I am absolutely terrified, and you, Lord -- how long will this continue?
For the music director; a psalm of David. How long, Lord, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me?
O Lord, how long are you going to just stand there and watch this? Rescue me from their destructive attacks; guard my life from the young lions!
How long will this go on, O Lord? Will you stay angry forever? How long will your rage burn like fire?
O Lord God, invincible warrior! How long will you remain angry at your people while they pray to you?
How long, O Lord, will this last? Will you remain hidden forever? Will your anger continue to burn like fire?
Turn back toward us, O Lord! How long must this suffering last? Have pity on your servants!
How long, Lord, must I cry for help? But you do not listen! I call out to you, "Violence!" But you do not intervene!
The angel of the Lord then asked, "Lord who rules over all, how long before you have compassion on Jerusalem and the other cities of Judah which you have been so angry with for these seventy years?"