'Cry' in the Bible

“O earth, do not cover my blood,And let there be no [resting] place for my cry [where it will cease being heard].

“Behold, I cry out, ‘Violence!’ but I am not heard;I shout for help, but there is no justice.

“Will God hear his cryWhen trouble and distress come upon him?

“I cry to You for help, [Lord,] but You do not answer me;I stand up, but You [only] gaze [indifferently] at me.

“However, does not one falling in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand?Or in his disaster [will he not] therefore cry out for help?

“I go about mourning without comfort [my skin blackened by disease, not by the heat of the sun];I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help.

So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him,And He heard the cry of the afflicted.

“Because of the multitudes of oppressions the people cry out;They cry for help because of the [violent] arm of the mighty.

“The people cry out, but He does not answerBecause of the pride of evil men.

“Surely God will not listen to an empty cry [which lacks trust],Nor will the Almighty regard it.

“But the godless in heart store up anger [at the divine discipline];They do not cry [to Him] for help when He binds them [with cords of affliction].

“Will your wealth [be sufficient to] keep you from [the confinement of] distress,Or will all the force of your strength do it?

“Who provides prey for the ravenWhen its young cry to GodAnd wander about without food?