Habakkuk 1:2
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O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?
In other translations
O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Psalm 22:1-21 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.1 My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning? 2 I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
- Psalm 13:1-21 How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?1 How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? 2 How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?
- Lamentations 3:8Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.
- Jeremiah 14:9Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!
- Psalm 94:3LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
- Revelation 6:10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”
- Psalm 74:9-109 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. 10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?9 There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last. 10 How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
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