'How Long' in the Bible
Ye sons of the great! how long, turning my glory to contempt, will ye love emptiness, will ye seek falsehood? Selah.
Yea, my soul, is dismayed greatly, Thou, then, O Yahweh - how long?
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?
My Lord! how long wilt thou look on? Bring back my soul out of their raging, from among lions, my solitary self.
How long will ye shout at a man? Ye shall be crushed all of you, - Like a wall that bulgeth, - a fence pushed in!
Our own signs, have we not seen, - There is no longer a prophet, - Neither is there with us, one who knoweth - How long!
How long, O God, shall the adversary, reproach? Shall the enemy revile thy Name perpetually?
How long, O Yahweh, wilt thou be angry utterly? Shall thy jealousy, burn like fire?
O Yahweh, God of hosts! How long hast thou been wroth with the prayer of thy people?
How long, O Yahweh, Wilt thou hide thyself utterly? Shall thine indignation, burn like fire?
Return, Yahweh, oh how long? And have compassion upon thy servants;
How long shall the lawless, O Yahweh, How long shall the lawless exult?