²⁰ I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou gazest at me.

⁷ Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice.

⁹ Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?

² O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent.

⁴ O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

⁵ Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.

⁸ Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer.

⁴⁴ Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.

²³ But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.