In Lamentations 3, the writer goes thru times where God shuts out his prayer, but then toward the end of the chapter God hears the prayer, and I can't understand what he is doing any differently. Maybe you have some insight.
Verse 8
Even when I cry out and call for help, He shuts out my prayer.
Verse 44
You have covered Yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through.
But, in verses 55-57
I called on Your name, O Lord, Out of the Lowest pit. You have heard my voice, "Do not not hide Your ear from my prayer for relief. From my cry for help." You drew near when I called on You; You said, "Do not fear!"
I don't understand what the writer of Lamentations is doing so that God hears him in verse 55-57, in view of verses 8 and 44.
Verse 8
Even when I cry out and call for help, He shuts out my prayer.
Verse 44
You have covered Yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through.
But, in verses 55-57
I called on Your name, O Lord, Out of the Lowest pit. You have heard my voice, "Do not not hide Your ear from my prayer for relief. From my cry for help." You drew near when I called on You; You said, "Do not fear!"
I don't understand what the writer of Lamentations is doing so that God hears him in verse 55-57, in view of verses 8 and 44.