Lamentations 3:8
Yea, when I cry and call aloud, he shutteth out my prayer.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
In Context
7He hath hedged me about, so that I cannot get out; he hath made my chain heavy;
9He blocketh up my way with hewn stone; he maketh my paths crooked.
Cross References
Job 30:20I call upon Thee, but thou dost not hear me; I stand up before thee, but thou regardest me not.
Psalms 80:4O LORD, God of hosts! How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
Lamentations 3:44Thou hast hidden thyself in a cloud, that our prayer may not pass through;
Matthew 27:46And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
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 →