Lamentations 3:8
Yea, when I cry and call for help, He shutteth out my prayer.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
In Context
7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot go forth; He hath made my chain heavy.
9He hath enclosed my ways with hewn stone, He hath made my paths crooked.
Cross References
Job 30:20I cry unto Thee, and Thou dost not answer me; I stand up, and Thou lookest at me.
Psalms 80:4(80-5) O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt Thou be angry against the prayer of Thy people?
Lamentations 3:44Thou hast covered Thyself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:2-21
The Prophet's Personal Affliction. ( b. c. 588.) 1 I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. 2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. 3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day. 4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. 5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. 6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. 7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath… Read the whole commentary →