7 Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
Job 19:7
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1 This is the burden that Habakkuk the prophet received in a vision: 2 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? 3 Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and v…
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