⁸ though I call and cry for help,
    he shuts out my prayer;^(A)

² O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer;
    and by night but find no rest.^(A)

²⁰ I cry to you, and you do not answer me;
    I stand, and you merely look at me.^(A)

⁷ Even when I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I am not answered;
    I call aloud, but there is no justice.^(A)

² O Lord, how long shall I cry for help,
    and you will not listen?
Or cry to you “Violence!”
    and you will not save?^(A)

⁴⁴ you have wrapped yourself with a cloud
    so that no prayer can pass through.