Job 19:7
New Living Translation
7 “I cry out, ‘Help!’ but no one answers me.
I protest, but there is no justice.
Habakkuk 1:2-3
New Living Translation
Habakkuk’s Complaint
2 How long, O Lord, must I call for help?
But you do not listen!
“Violence is everywhere!” I cry,
but you do not come to save.
3 Must I forever see these evil deeds?
Why must I watch all this misery?
Wherever I look,
I see destruction and violence.
I am surrounded by people
who love to argue and fight.
Lamentations 3:8
New Living Translation
8 And though I cry and shout,
he has shut out my prayers.
Job 30:20
New Living Translation
20 “I cry to you, O God, but you don’t answer.
I stand before you, but you don’t even look.
Jeremiah 20:8
New Living Translation
8 When I speak, the words burst out.
“Violence and destruction!” I shout.
So these messages from the Lord
have made me a household joke.
Psalm 22:2
New Living Translation
2 Every day I call to you, my God, but you do not answer.
Every night I lift my voice, but I find no relief.
Job 40:8
New Living Translation
8 “Will you discredit my justice
and condemn me just to prove you are right?
Job 34:5
New Living Translation
5 For Job also said, ‘I am innocent,
but God has taken away my rights.
Job 31:35-36
New Living Translation
35 “If only someone would listen to me!
Look, I will sign my name to my defense.
Let the Almighty answer me.
Let my accuser write out the charges against me.
36 I would face the accusation proudly.
I would wear it like a crown.
Job 23:3-7
New Living Translation
3 If only I knew where to find God,
I would go to his court.
4 I would lay out my case
and present my arguments.
5 Then I would listen to his reply
and understand what he says to me.
6 Would he use his great power to argue with me?
No, he would give me a fair hearing.
7 Honest people can reason with him,
so I would be forever acquitted by my judge.
Job 21:27
New Living Translation
27 “Look, I know what you’re thinking.
I know the schemes you plot against me.
Job 16:21
New Living Translation
21 I need someone to mediate between God and me,
as a person mediates between friends.
Job 16:17-19
New Living Translation
17 Yet I have done no wrong,
and my prayer is pure.
18 “O earth, do not conceal my blood.
Let it cry out on my behalf.
19 Even now my witness is in heaven.
My advocate is there on high.
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