Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Prayer » Answer to, delayed
Jehovah, God of hosts, how long will thine anger smoke against the prayer of thy people?
Jehovah, how long shall I cry and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee, Violence! and thou dost not save.
{To the chief Musician. Of David. A Psalm.} I waited patiently for Jehovah; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
And shall not God at all avenge his elect, who cry to him day and night, and he bears long as to them?
{To the chief Musician. Upon Aijeleth-Shahar. A Psalm of David.} My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou far from my salvation, from the words of my groaning? My God, I cry by day, and thou answerest not; and by night, and there is no rest for me:
Why, O Jehovah, castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
And it came to pass at the end of ten days, that the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah.