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Afflictions » Life tested by the lord » Sometimes prolonged
My soul also is sore troubled; but LORD, how long wilt thou punish me?
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{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? Forever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
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LORD, how long wilt thou look upon this? O deliver my soul from the calamities which they bring on me, and my darling from the lions.
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LORD, how long wilt thou be angry? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire forever?
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O LORD God of Hosts, how long wilt thou be angry over the prayer of thy people?
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LORD, how long wilt thou hide thyself? Forever? And shall thy wrath burn like fire?
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Turn thee again, O LORD, at the last, and be gracious unto thy servants.
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LORD, how long shall the ungodly, how long shall the ungodly triumph?
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O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? How long shall I complain unto thee, suffering wrong, and thou wilt not help?
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Then the LORD's angel gave answer, and said, 'O LORD of Hosts, how long wilt thou be unmerciful to Jerusalem and to the cities of Judah, with whom thou hast been displeased now these seventy years?'
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Apparent injustice » Sometimes attributed to God
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? How long shall I complain unto thee, suffering wrong, and thou wilt not help?
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"The houses of robbers are in wealth and prosperity; and they that maliciously meddle against God, dwell without care: yea, God giveth all things richly with his hand.
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"Wherefore do wicked men live in health and prosperity, come to their old age, and increase in riches?
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Wherefore should I be then punished daily, and be chastened every morning?"
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These two things also have I considered in the time of vanity: that the just man perisheth for his righteousness' sake, and the ungodly liveth in his wickedness.
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It happeneth unto one as unto another; It goeth with the righteous as with the ungodly; with the good and clean as with the unclean; with him that offereth as with him that offereth not; like as it goeth with the virtuous, so goeth it also with the sinner; As it happeneth unto the perjured, so happeneth it also unto him that is afraid to be foresworn.
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O LORD, thou art more righteous than that I should dispute with thee: Nevertheless, let me talk with thee in things reasonable. How happeneth it, that the way of the ungodly is so prosperous? And that it goeth so well with them, which without any shame offend and live in wickedness?
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But you will say, 'The way of the Lord is not equal.' Here I pray you, ye house of Israel. Is not my way equal?
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'These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us which have borne the burden and heat of the day.'
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What shall we say then? Is there any unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
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Christian ministers » Discouragements of
And they were offended by him. Then Jesus said unto them, "A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and among his own kin."
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Who believeth our sayings? And the arm of the LORD, to whom is it opened?
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Behold, therefore, I will make thy face prevail against their faces, and harden thy forehead against their foreheads; so that thy forehead shall be harder than an Adamant or flint stone: that thou mayest fear them the less, and be less afraid of them, for they are a froward household."
Now when the spirit took me up, and carried me away, I went with a heavy and sorrowful mind, but the hand of the LORD comforted me right soon.
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O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? How long shall I complain unto thee, suffering wrong, and thou wilt not help? Why lettest thou me see weariness and labour? Tyranny and violence are before me, power overgoeth right:
Is not this that carpenter: Mary's son, the brother of James, and Joseph and of Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?" And they were offended by the reason of him. And Jesus said unto them, "A prophet is not despised but in his own country, and among his own kin, and among them that are of the same household."
And he said, "Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.
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And Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath none honour in his own country.
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Injustice » Sometimes attributed to God
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? How long shall I complain unto thee, suffering wrong, and thou wilt not help?
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"The houses of robbers are in wealth and prosperity; and they that maliciously meddle against God, dwell without care: yea, God giveth all things richly with his hand.
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"Wherefore do wicked men live in health and prosperity, come to their old age, and increase in riches?
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Wherefore should I be then punished daily, and be chastened every morning?"
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These two things also have I considered in the time of vanity: that the just man perisheth for his righteousness' sake, and the ungodly liveth in his wickedness.
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It happeneth unto one as unto another; It goeth with the righteous as with the ungodly; with the good and clean as with the unclean; with him that offereth as with him that offereth not; like as it goeth with the virtuous, so goeth it also with the sinner; As it happeneth unto the perjured, so happeneth it also unto him that is afraid to be foresworn.
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O LORD, thou art more righteous than that I should dispute with thee: Nevertheless, let me talk with thee in things reasonable. How happeneth it, that the way of the ungodly is so prosperous? And that it goeth so well with them, which without any shame offend and live in wickedness?
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But you will say, 'The way of the Lord is not equal.' Here I pray you, ye house of Israel. Is not my way equal?
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'These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us which have borne the burden and heat of the day.'
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What shall we say then? Is there any unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
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Partiality » Sometimes attributed to God
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? How long shall I complain unto thee, suffering wrong, and thou wilt not help?
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"The houses of robbers are in wealth and prosperity; and they that maliciously meddle against God, dwell without care: yea, God giveth all things richly with his hand.
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"Wherefore do wicked men live in health and prosperity, come to their old age, and increase in riches?
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Wherefore should I be then punished daily, and be chastened every morning?"
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These two things also have I considered in the time of vanity: that the just man perisheth for his righteousness' sake, and the ungodly liveth in his wickedness.
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It happeneth unto one as unto another; It goeth with the righteous as with the ungodly; with the good and clean as with the unclean; with him that offereth as with him that offereth not; like as it goeth with the virtuous, so goeth it also with the sinner; As it happeneth unto the perjured, so happeneth it also unto him that is afraid to be foresworn.
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O LORD, thou art more righteous than that I should dispute with thee: Nevertheless, let me talk with thee in things reasonable. How happeneth it, that the way of the ungodly is so prosperous? And that it goeth so well with them, which without any shame offend and live in wickedness?
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But you will say, 'The way of the Lord is not equal.' Here I pray you, ye house of Israel. Is not my way equal?
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'These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us which have borne the burden and heat of the day.'
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What shall we say then? Is there any unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
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Prayer » Answer to, delayed
O LORD God of Hosts, how long wilt thou be angry over the prayer of thy people?
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O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? How long shall I complain unto thee, suffering wrong, and thou wilt not help?
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{To the chanter, a Psalm of David} I waited patiently for the LORD, and he inclined unto me, and heard my calling.
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And shall not God avenge his elect, which cry night and day unto him? Yea though he defer them:
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{To the Chanter, upon Aijeleth of the dawning, a Psalm of David} My God, my God: why hast thou forsaken me, and art so far from my health and from the words of my complaint? O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not: and in the night season also I take no rest.
LORD, why abhorrest thou my soul, and hidest thou thy face from me?
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And after ten days, came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah.
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Prayer » Habakkuk
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? How long shall I complain unto thee, suffering wrong, and thou wilt not help?
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Punishment » Delayed
Yea, even God, that endureth forever, shall hear me, and bring them down; Selah. For they will not turn, nor fear God.
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This thou doest, while I hold my tongue: and thinkest wickedly that I am even such a one as thyself; but I will reprove thee, and set before thee the things that thou hast done.
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Seeing then that I have called, and ye refused it: I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded it, but all my counsels have ye despised and set my corrections to naught. Therefore shall I also laugh in your destruction, and mock you, when the thing that ye fear cometh upon you: read more.
even when the thing that ye be afraid of, falleth in suddenly like a storm, and your misery like a tempest: yea, when trouble and heaviness cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not hear: they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me. And that because they hated knowledge, and received not the fear of the LORD, but abhorred my counsel, and despised my correction.
even when the thing that ye be afraid of, falleth in suddenly like a storm, and your misery like a tempest: yea, when trouble and heaviness cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not hear: they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me. And that because they hated knowledge, and received not the fear of the LORD, but abhorred my counsel, and despised my correction.
Because now that evil works are not hastily punished, the heart of man giveth himself over unto wickedness. But though an evil person offend a hundredth times, and have a long life: yet am I sure, that it shall go well with them that fear God, because they have him before their eyes. Again, as for the ungodly, it shall not be well with him, neither shall he prolong his days: but even as a shadow, so shall he be that feareth not God.
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? How long shall I complain unto thee, suffering wrong, and thou wilt not help? Why lettest thou me see weariness and labour? Tyranny and violence are before me, power overgoeth right: for the law is torn in pieces, and there can no right judgment go forth. And why? The ungodly is more set by than the righteous: this is the cause that wrong judgment proceedeth.
Trials » Sometimes prolonged
My soul also is sore troubled; but LORD, how long wilt thou punish me?
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{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? Forever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
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LORD, how long wilt thou look upon this? O deliver my soul from the calamities which they bring on me, and my darling from the lions.
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LORD, how long wilt thou be angry? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire forever?
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O LORD God of Hosts, how long wilt thou be angry over the prayer of thy people?
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LORD, how long wilt thou hide thyself? Forever? And shall thy wrath burn like fire?
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Turn thee again, O LORD, at the last, and be gracious unto thy servants.
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LORD, how long shall the ungodly, how long shall the ungodly triumph?
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O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? How long shall I complain unto thee, suffering wrong, and thou wilt not help?
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Then the LORD's angel gave answer, and said, 'O LORD of Hosts, how long wilt thou be unmerciful to Jerusalem and to the cities of Judah, with whom thou hast been displeased now these seventy years?'
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