20 I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me;(A)
when I stand up, You merely look at me.

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20 “I cry out to you,(A) God, but you do not answer;(B)
    I stand up, but you merely look at me.

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Even when I cry out and plead for help,
He rejects my prayer.(A)

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Even when I call out or cry for help,(A)
    he shuts out my prayer.(B)

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Habakkuk’s First Prayer

How long,(A) Lord, must I call for help(B)
and You do not listen
or cry out to You about violence
and You do not save?

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Habakkuk’s Complaint

How long,(A) Lord, must I call for help,
    but you do not listen?(B)
Or cry out to you, “Violence!”
    but you do not save?(C)

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