Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Afflictions » Life tested by the lord » Sometimes prolonged
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?
My Lord! how long wilt thou look on? Bring back my soul out of their raging, from among lions, my solitary self.
How long, O Yahweh, wilt thou be angry utterly? Shall thy jealousy, burn like fire?
How long, O Yahweh, Wilt thou hide thyself utterly? Shall thine indignation, burn like fire?
How long, O Yahweh, have I called out, and thou wouldst not hear me? Have I kept crying unto thee of violence, and thou wouldst not save?
Then the messenger of Yahweh responded, and said, O Yahweh of hosts! How long wilt, thou, not have compassion upon Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, - against which thou hast had indignation these seventy years?
Trials » Sometimes prolonged
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?
My Lord! how long wilt thou look on? Bring back my soul out of their raging, from among lions, my solitary self.
How long, O Yahweh, wilt thou be angry utterly? Shall thy jealousy, burn like fire?
How long, O Yahweh, Wilt thou hide thyself utterly? Shall thine indignation, burn like fire?
How long, O Yahweh, have I called out, and thou wouldst not hear me? Have I kept crying unto thee of violence, and thou wouldst not save?
Then the messenger of Yahweh responded, and said, O Yahweh of hosts! How long wilt, thou, not have compassion upon Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, - against which thou hast had indignation these seventy years?