27 Bible Verses about Prayer, Doubts About

And Moses returned unto Yahweh and said, - O My Lord wherefore hast thou caused harm to this people? Wherefore now didst thou send me? seeing that from what time I came in unto Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done harm to this people, and thou hast not delivered, thy people,

And Abram said My Lord Yahweh, what canst thou give me, when, I, am going on childless, - and the heir of my house, is Eliezer, of Damascus, And Abram said - Lo, to me, hast thou not given seed, -

And Joshua said - Alas! My Lord Yahweh! Wherefore hast thou, brought, this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorite to destroy us? Would then we had been content to dwell on the other side of the Jordan! Oh My Lord, - what shall I say, after Israel have turned their backs before their enemies? Only let the Canaanite and all the inhabitants of the land hear, and they will surround us, and cut off our name out of the earth, - what then wilt thou do for thy great name?

And Moses said unto Yahweh - Wherefore hast thou let thy servant come to grief, and wherefore have I not found favour in thine eyes, - that thou shouldest lay the burden of all this people upon me. Did, I, conceive all this people, or, I, beget them, - that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father carrieth a suckling, unto the soil which thou didst swear unto their fathers? Whence should, I, have flesh to give to all this people, - for they keep weeping by me saying, Oh give us flesh that we may eat!read more.
Unable, am, I, by myself, to carry all this people, - for they are too heavy for me. But if, in this way, thou art going to deal with me, slay me, I beseech thee, slay, if I have found favour in thine eyes, - and let me not see my grief,

But, he himself, went into the wilderness a day's journey, and came and sat down under a certain shrub, - and asked for his life, that he might die, and said - Enough, now, O Yahweh! take away my life, for, no better, am, I, than, my fathers.

Thou knowest - O Yahweh Remember me and visit me and avenge me upon my persecutors, Do not of thy longsuffering, take me away, - Know - I have borne for thy sake, reproach. Thy words, were found, and I did eat them, Then became thy words unto me the joy and gladness of my heart, - For thy Name hath been called upon me, O Yahweh God of hosts! I sat not in the circle of mockers, Nor became I uproarious, - Because of thy hand, by myself did I sit, For with indignation, hadst thou filled me.read more.
Wherefore hath my pain become perpetual? And my wound, incurable? Refuseth to be healed? Wilt thou, indeed be, to me As a brook that disappointeth, Waters that cannot be trusted?

Thou didst persuade me, O Yahweh and I was persuaded, Thou didst lay firm hold on me and didst prevail, - I am become a mockery, all the day, Every one, is laughing at me. For, as often as I speak, I make outcry, Violence and wasting, I proclaim, - Yea the word of Yahweh hath become to me a reproach and derision lull the day Therefore I say - I will not mention him Neither will I speak any more in his name, But then it becometh in my heart as a fire that burneth, Shut up in my bones, - And I am weary of restraint and cannot refrain.

And it was vexing unto Jonah, with a great vexation, - and it angered him. So he prayed unto Yahweh, and said - Ah now! Yahweh! Was not, this, my word, while I was yet upon mine own soil? For this cause, did I hasten to flee unto Tarshish, - because I knew that, thou, art a GOD of favour and compassion, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and art grieved over calamity. Now, therefore, O Yahweh, take, I pray thee, my life from me, - for it were better for me, to die, than, to live.

And, about the ninth hour, Jesus uttered a cry, with a loud voice, saying - Eloi! Eloi! lema sabachthanei? that is, My God! my God! to what end hast thou forsaken me?

and, at the ninth hour, Jesus, uttered a cry, with a loud voice - Eloi! Eloi! lama sabachthanei? which is, being translated - My God! My God!to what end, didst thou forsake me?

My GOD, my GOD, why hast thou forsaken me? Far from saving me, The words of my loud lamentation?

I say unto GOD, Do not hold me guilty, Let me know, on what account thou contendest with me! Is it seemly in thee, that thou shouldst oppress? that thou shouldst despise the labour of thine own hand, when, upon the counsel of the lawless, thou hast shone? Eyes of flesh, hast thou? or, as a mortal seeth, seest thou?read more.
As the days of a mortal, are thy days? or, thy years, as the days of a man? That thou shouldst seek for mine iniquity, and, for my sin, shouldst make search: Though it is, within thine own knowledge, that I would not be lawless, and, none, out of thy hand, can deliver? Thine own hands, shaped me, and made me, all in unison round about, and yet thou hast confounded me. Remember, I pray thee, that, as clay, thou didst make me, and, unto dust, thou wilt cause me to return. Didst thou not, like milk, pour me forth? and, as cheese, curdle me? With skin and flesh, clothe me? and, with bones and sinews, interweave me? Life and lovingkindness, thou didst bestow upon me, - and, thy watchful care, preserved my breath. Yet, these things, thou didst hide in thy heart, I know that, this, hath been with thee! If I have sinned, then couldst thou watch me, and, from mine iniquity, thou wouldst not acquit me: If I have been lawless, alas for me! Or, if I am righteous, I will not lift up my head, Surfeited with shame, look thou then on my humiliation. When it is lifted up, like a howling lion, thou dost hunt me, Then again thou dost shew thyself marvellous against me. Thou renewest thy witnesses before me, and dost increase thy vexation with me, Relays - yea an army, is with me. Wherefore then, from the womb, didst thou bring me forth? I might have breathed my last, and, no eye, have seen me. As though I had not been, should I have become, - from the womb to the grave, might I have been borne. Are not my days, few? - then forbear, and set me aside, that I may brighten up for a little; Before I go, and not return, unto a land of darkness and death-shade: A land of obscurity, like thick darkness, of death-shade and disorder, and which shineth like thick darkness.

Only, two things, do thou not with me, then, from thy face, will I not hide me: - Thy hand - from off me, take thou far away, and, thy terror, let it not startle me! Then call thou, and, I, will answer, Or I will speak, and reply thou unto me.read more.
How many are mine iniquities and sins? My transgression and my sin, let me know! Wherefore, thy face, shouldst thou hide? Or count me, as an enemy to thee? A driven leaf, wilt thou cause to tremble? Or, dry stubble, wilt thou pursue? For thou writest, against me, bitter things, and dost make me inherit the iniquities of my youth; And thou dost put - in the stocks - my feet, and observest all my paths, Against the roots of my feet, thou dost cut out a bound;

Man that is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble: As a flower, he cometh forth - and fadeth, He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. And yet upon such a one as this, hast thou opened thine eye? And, him, wouldst thou bring into judgment with thee?read more.
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one! If determined am his days, the number of his months, is with thee, Fixed times for him, thou hast appointed and he cannot go beyond. Look sway from him, that he may rest, Till he shall pay off, as a hireling, his day. Though there is - for a tree - hope, - if it should be cut down, that, again, it will grow, and, the tender branch thereof, will not cease; If its root, should become old in the earth, and, in the dust, its stock should die: Through the scent of water, it may break forth, and produce branches like a sapling, Yet, man, dieth, and is prostrate, Yea the son of earth doth cease to breathe, and where is he? Waters, have failed from, the sea, and, a river, may waste and dry up; So, a man, hath lain down, and shall not arise, until there are no heavens, they shall not awake, nor be roused up out of their sleep. Oh that, in hades, thou wouldst hide me! that thou wouldst keep me secret, until the turn of thine anger, that thou wouldst set for me a fixed time, and remember me: If a man die, can he live again? All the days of my warfare, would I wait, until my relief should come: - Thou shouldst call, and, I, would answer thee, - For the work of thine own hand, thou shouldst long. For, now, my steps, thou countest, Thou wilt not pass over my sin: Sealed up in a bag, is my transgression, and thou hast glued over mine iniquity. But, in very deed, a mountain falling, will lie prostrate, or, a rock moved out of its place: Stones, have been hollowed out by waters, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth, and, the hope of mortal man, thou hast destroyed: Thou dost overpower him utterly, and he departeth, Disfiguring his face, so, hast thou sent him away. His sons, come to honour, and he knoweth it not, Or they are brought low, and he perceiveth it not of them. But, his flesh, for himself, is in pain, and, his soul, for himself, doth mourn.

How long, O Yahweh, wilt thou wholly forget me? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me? How long shall I lay up cares within my soul, sorrow in my heart, day by day? How long shall mine enemy lift himself up over me?

I will say onto GOD, - my rock, Wherefore hast thou forgotten me? Wherefore in gloom should I go, because of oppression by the enemy? With a crushing of my bones, have my adversaries reproached me, - While they keep saying unto me all the day, Where is thy God?

Surely, for thy sake, have we been slain all the day, We have been accounted as sheep for slaughter. Awake thou! wherefore shouldst thou sleep, O Lord? Bestir thee! do not reject us altogether! Wherefore shouldst thou hide, thy face? Shouldst forget our humiliation and our oppression?read more.
For our soul, sinketh down to the dust, Our body, cleaveth to the earth. Arise to our help, And ransom us, because of thine own lovingkindness.

For ages, will My Lord reject? And, not again, grant acceptance any more? Hath his lovingkindness, come to a perpetual end? Hath his word failed to generation after generation? Hath GOD, forgotten to show favour? Or hath he shut up, in anger, his compassions? Selah.

O Yahweh, God of hosts! How long hast thou been wroth with the prayer of thy people? Thou hast fed them with the food of tears, And hast caused them to drink the water of weeping in threefold abundance. Thou dost make us an object of contention to our neighbours, And, our foes, find mockery for themselves.

Thou hast laid me, In the lowest pit, In dark places, In the deeps: Upon me, hath rested thine indignation, And, with all thy breakers, hast thou caused affliction. Selah. Thou hast far removed mine acquaintances from me, - Thou hast made me an abomination unto them, Shut up, and I cannot go forth!read more.
Mine eye, hath dimmed through affliction; I have called upon thee, O Yahweh, all day long, I have spread out, unto thee, my hands.

How long, O Yahweh, have I called out, and thou wouldst not hear me? Have I kept crying unto thee of violence, and thou wouldst not save? Wherefore shouldst thou let me see iniquity, and, wrong, shouldst let me behold, and, force and violence, be straight before me, - and there should have ever been someone who, contention and strife, would uphold?

And Abram said My Lord Yahweh, what canst thou give me, when, I, am going on childless, - and the heir of my house, is Eliezer, of Damascus, And Abram said - Lo, to me, hast thou not given seed, - And lo! a son of my household, is mine heir! And lo! the word of Yahweh came unto him, saying, This one, shall not be thine heir: But one who cometh forth of thy body - hell shall be thine heir.read more.
And he brought him forth abroad and said - Look steadfastly. I pray thee towards the heavens, and number the stars, if thou be able to number, them, And he said to him, Thus, shall be thy seed.

Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Now, shalt thou see, what I will do to Pharaoh, for with a strong hand, shall he let them go, and with a strong hand, shall he drive them out from his land. And Gods spake unto Moses, - and said unto him, I, am Yahweh: I appeared, therefore, unto Abraham unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as GOD Almighty, - although, by my name Yahweh was I not made known to them;read more.
Moreover also I established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, - even the land of their sojournings wherein they sojourned. Moreover also, I heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, whom the Egyptians, were holding in servitude, So then I remembered my covenant. Therefore say thou to the sons of Israel-I, am Yahweh, Therefore will I bring you forth from under the burdens of Egypt, And will deliver you out of their service, And will redeem you with a stretched-out arm, and with great judgments; And will take you to myself for a people, And will become your God, - And ye shall know that, I Yahweh, am your God, who brought you forth from under the burdens of Egypt: And I will bring you into the land as to which I uplifted my hand to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, - and will give it to you as an inheritance: I, am Yahweh.

And Ahab told Jezebel, all that Elijah had done, - and withal, how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. Then sent Jezebel a messenger unto Elijah, saying, - So, let the gods do, and, so, let them add, if, by this time to-morrow, I make not thy life as the life of one of them. And, when he saw that , he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, - and left his servant there.read more.
But, he himself, went into the wilderness a day's journey, and came and sat down under a certain shrub, - and asked for his life, that he might die, and said - Enough, now, O Yahweh! take away my life, for, no better, am, I, than, my fathers. And, as he lay, and slept, under a certain shrub, lo! a messenger, touching him, who said to him - Rise, eat. So he looked about, and lo! at his head, a cake baked on hot stones, and a cruse of water, - and he did eat and drink, and then went back and lay down. And the messenger of Yahweh came again a second time, and touched him, and said - Rise, eat, - because, too much for thee, is the journey. So he arose, and did eat and drink, - and journeyed, in the strength of that eating, forty days and forty nights, as far as the mountain of God - Horeb.

And Yahweh responded to Job, and said: - Shall a reprover contend, with the Almighty? He that disputeth with GOD, let him answer it! Then Job responded to Yahweh, and said: -read more.
Lo! I am of no account, what shall I reply to thee? My hand, have I laid on my mouth: Once, have I spoken, but I will not proceed, yea twice, but I will not add. So then Yahweh responded to Job, out of a storm, and said: - Gird, I pray thee - as a strong man - thy loins, I will ask thee, and inform thou me. Wilt thou even frustrate my justice? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest appear right? But if, an arm like GOD, thou hast, and, with a voice like his, thou canst thunder,

Wherefore Thus, saith Yahweh - If thou wouldst return, I will cause thee to return Before me, shalt thou stand, Yea if thou wilt bring out the precious from among the vile, As mine own mouth shalt thou be, - Let them return unto thee, But thou, shalt not return unto them; So will I make thee to this people a wall of bronze, fortified, When they fight against thee, they shall not prevail against thee, - For with thee, am, I, to save thee and to deliver thee, Declareth Yahweh; Thus will I deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, - And redeem thee out of the grasp of the tyrants.

Behold ye, among the nations, and look around, Yea stand stock still - stare, - for, a work, is being wrought in your days, ye will not believe, when it is recounted. For, behold me! raising up the Chaldeans, the bitter and headlong nation, - that marcheth to the breadths of the earth, to take possession of habitations, not his. Awful and fearful, is he, - from himself, his decision and his uprising, proceed.read more.
Then, swifter than leopards, are his horses, and, more sharply they attack, than evening wolves, and forward have leapt his chargers, - Yea, his chargers, from afar, will come in, they will fly as an eagle hath hastened to devour. Solely for violence, will he come, the intent of their faces, is - To the east! And he hath gathered, as the sand, a captive host; And, he, over kings, will make merry, and, nobles, will be a scorn to him: he, at any fortress, will laugh, once he hath heaped up dust, he hath captured it! Then, hath he become arrogant in spirit, and hath committed excess, and so is guilty, - this his violence, is due to his god.