Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Afflictions » Life tested by the lord » Sometimes prolonged
My soul also is sore troubled; but LORD, how long wilt thou punish me?
{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?
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.
LORD, how long wilt thou be angry? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire forever?
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?
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?'
Anger of God » Removal of, should be prayed for
LORD, how long wilt thou be angry? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire forever?
Turn thy plagues away from me, for I am consumed through the fear of thy hand.
O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years! In the midst of the years make it known; in thy wrath remember mercy.
O LORD, and done wickedly against all thy righteousness: Yet let thy wrathful displeasure be turned away, I beseech thee, from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy hill. And why? For our sins' sake, and for the wickedness of our forefathers is Jerusalem and thy people abhorred, of all them that are about us.
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Turn us again, O God: show the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole. O LORD God of Hosts, how long wilt thou be angry over the prayer of thy people? Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, yea thou hast given them plenteousness of tears to drink. read more.
Thou hast made us a very strife unto our neighbours, and our enemies laugh us to scorn. Turn us again, thou God of hosts; show the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole.
Thou hast made us a very strife unto our neighbours, and our enemies laugh us to scorn. Turn us again, thou God of hosts; show the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole.
Turn thee again, thou God of hosts, look down from heaven, behold and visit this vine, and the place of the vineyard that thy righthand hath planted, and the son whom thou madest so strong for thyself. It is burnt with fire, and cut down; O let them perish at the rebuke of thy wrath. read more.
Let thy hand be upon the man of thy righthand, and upon the son of man, whom thou madest so strong for thine own self. And so will not we go back from thee; O let us live, and we shall call upon thy name. Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts; show the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole.
Let thy hand be upon the man of thy righthand, and upon the son of man, whom thou madest so strong for thine own self. And so will not we go back from thee; O let us live, and we shall call upon thy name. Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts; show the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole.
Then shall man convert again unto his maker, and turn his eyes to the holy one of Israel.
They also which have been of an erroneous spirit shall come to understanding, and they that have been scornful shall learn doctrine."
Therefore, O ye children of Israel, turn again from that infidelity wherein you drowned yourselves. For in that day every man shall cast out his Idols of silver and gold, which ye have made with your sinful hands.
In those days, and at that time, sayeth the LORD, the children of Israel shall come; they and the children of Judah, weeping and making haste, and shall seek the LORD their God. They shall ask the way to Zion; thither shall they turn their faces, and come and hang upon thee, in a covenant that never shall be broken. My people hath been a lost flock. My shepherds have deceived them, and have made them go astray upon the hills. They have gone from the mountains to the little hill, and forgotten their fold.
But afterward shall the children of Israel convert, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king: and in the latter days they shall worship the LORD, and his loving-kindness.
In their adversity they shall seek me, and say, "Come, let us turn again to the LORD: for he hath smitten us, and he shall heal us; He hath wounded us, and he shall bind us up again; after two days shall he quicken us, in the third day he shall raise us up, so that we shall live in his sight. Then shall we have understanding, and endeavor ourselves to know the LORD. He shall go forth as the spring of the day, and come unto us as the evening and morning rain upon the earth."
Prayer » Answer to, delayed
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?
{To the chanter, a Psalm of David} I waited patiently for the LORD, and he inclined unto me, and heard my calling.
And shall not God avenge his elect, which cry night and day unto him? Yea though he defer them:
{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?
Trials » Sometimes prolonged
My soul also is sore troubled; but LORD, how long wilt thou punish me?
{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?
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.
LORD, how long wilt thou be angry? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire forever?
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?
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?'