Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Afflictions » Life tested by the lord » Sometimes prolonged
My soul [as well as my body] is greatly dismayed.
But as for You, O Lord—how long [until You act on my behalf]?
How long will You hide Your face from me?
Verse Concepts
Lord, how long will You look on [without action]?
Rescue my life from their destructions,
My only life from the young lions.
How long, O Lord? Will You be angry forever?
Will Your jealousy [which cannot endure a divided allegiance] burn like fire?
O Lord God of hosts,
How long will You be angry with the prayers of Your people?
How long, O Lord?
Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your wrath burn like fire?
Turn, O Lord [from Your fierce anger]; how long will it be?
Be compassionate toward Your servants—revoke Your sentence.
O Lord, how long will the wicked,
How long will the wicked rejoice in triumph?
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.
Then the Angel of the Lord said, “O Lord of hosts, how long will You withhold mercy and compassion from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, against which You have had indignation and anger these seventy years [of the Babylonian captivity]?”
Verse Concepts
Trials » Sometimes prolonged
My soul [as well as my body] is greatly dismayed.
But as for You, O Lord—how long [until You act on my behalf]?
How long will You hide Your face from me?
Verse Concepts
Lord, how long will You look on [without action]?
Rescue my life from their destructions,
My only life from the young lions.
How long, O Lord? Will You be angry forever?
Will Your jealousy [which cannot endure a divided allegiance] burn like fire?
O Lord God of hosts,
How long will You be angry with the prayers of Your people?
How long, O Lord?
Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your wrath burn like fire?
Turn, O Lord [from Your fierce anger]; how long will it be?
Be compassionate toward Your servants—revoke Your sentence.
O Lord, how long will the wicked,
How long will the wicked rejoice in triumph?
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.
Then the Angel of the Lord said, “O Lord of hosts, how long will You withhold mercy and compassion from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, against which You have had indignation and anger these seventy years [of the Babylonian captivity]?”
Verse Concepts