שָׁוַע

Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.

From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.

…because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.

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

I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.

Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.

The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.

Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?

In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.

They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer.

For He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended to his cry for help.

Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.

O LORD my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me.

In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.

For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.

But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.

I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.

Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk,

Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.

…saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.

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?