²⁰ I cry to you, and you do not answer me. I stand up, and you gaze 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 comes on him?

² My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don't answer; In the night season, and am not silent.

⁴ Yahweh God of hosts, How long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?

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

⁸ Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.

⁴⁴ You have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.

²³ But he answered her not a word. His disciples came and begged him, saying, "Send her away; for she cries after us."