3:8a Even when I cry out and plead for help,

Although I called out and cried, asking him to help me,
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Even when I shouted / and prayed for help, (Contemporary English Version)

3:8b He shuts out my prayer.

he did not pay attention to my prayers.
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he refused to listen. (Contemporary English Version)

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