Job 19:7

“Behold, I cry out, ‘Violence!’ but I am not heard;
I shout for help, but there is no justice.

Lamentations 3:8

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

Habakkuk 1:2-3

O Lord, how long will I call for help
And You will not hear?
I cry out to You, “Violence!”
Yet You do not save.

Job 9:24

“The earth is given into the hands of the wicked;
He covers the faces of its judges [so that they are blind to justice].
If it is not He, then who is it [that is responsible for all this injustice]?

Job 9:32

“For God is not a [mere] man, as I am, that I may answer Him,
That we may go to court and judgment together.

Job 10:3

‘Does it indeed seem right to You to oppress,
To despise and reject the work of Your hands,
And to look with favor on the schemes of the wicked?

Job 10:15-17

‘If I am wicked, woe to me [for judgment comes]!
And if I am righteous, I dare not lift up my head.
For I am sated and filled with disgrace and the sight of my misery.

Job 13:15-23

“Even though He kills me;
I will hope in Him.
Nevertheless, I will argue my ways to His face.

Job 16:17-19

Although there is no violence or wrongdoing in my hands,
And my prayer is pure.

Job 16:21

“Oh, that a man would mediate and plead with God [for me]
Just as a man [mediates and pleads] with his neighbor and friend.

Job 21:27

“Behold, I know your thoughts,
And the plots by which you would wrong me.

Job 23:3-7

“Oh, that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might [even] come to His seat!

Job 30:20

“I cry to You for help, [Lord,] but You do not answer me;
I stand up, but You [only] gaze [indifferently] at me.

Job 31:35-36

“Oh, that I had one to listen to me!
Look, here is my signature (mark);
Let the Almighty answer me!
Let my adversary write out His indictment [and put His vague accusations in tangible form].

Job 34:5

“For Job has said, ‘I am righteous [and innocent],
But God has taken away my right;

Job 40:8

“Will you really annul My judgment and set it aside as void?
Will you condemn Me [your God] that you may [appear to] be righteous and justified?

Psalm 22:2

O my God, I call out by day, but You do not answer;
And by night, but I find no rest nor quiet.

Jeremiah 20:8

For whenever I speak, I must shout out;
I shout violence and destruction,
Because the word of the Lord has become to me
A reprimand and a mockery and has brought me insult all day long.

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