²⁰ You give no answer to my cry, and take no note of my prayer.

⁷ Truly, I make an outcry against the violent man, but there is no answer: I give a cry for help, but no one takes up my cause.

⁹ Will his cry come to the ears of God when he is in trouble?

² O my God, I make my cry in the day, and you give no answer; and in the night, and have no rest.

⁴ O Lord God of armies, how long will your wrath be burning against the rest of your people?

⁵ You have given them the bread of weeping for food; for their drink you have given them sorrow in great measure.

⁸ Even when I send up a cry for help, he keeps my prayer shut out.

⁴⁴ Covering yourself with a cloud, so that prayer may not get through.

²³ But he gave her no answer. And his disciples came and said to him, Send her away, for she is crying after us.