“Second, is cut off a remedy for escape, due to an exclusion of prayer. "Though I call and cry for help, he shuts out my prayer." And, as Psalm 22:2 says: "O my God, I cry by day, but thou dost not answer; and by night, but find no rest."”
Thomas Aquinas, 13th c. — Commentary on Lamentations
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8Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
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6He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
— Lamentations 3:8 —
9He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
10He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.