Lamentations 3:8
and though I call out and cry for help, he shut out my prayer. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
In Context
7He built a wall around me and I cannot escape. He made my chains heavy 1
9He blocked my path with a wall of hewn stone; he made my paths crooked. 1
Cross References
Job 30:20I cry to you, God, but you do not answer me; 1 I stand up, and you merely look at me. 1
Psalms 80:4Yahweh God of hosts, 1 how long will you be angry at your people when they pray? 1
Lamentations 3:44You have covered yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through. 1
Matthew 27:46About the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice and said, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you 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 →