Psalms 18:41
They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but He did not answer.
BSB
ASV
They cried, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.
KJV
They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.
They cried - They cried out for help, for mercy, for life. In modern language, “they begged for quarter.” They acknowledged that they were vanquished, and entreated that their lives might be spared. But there was none to save them - To preserve their lives. No help appeared from their own countrymen; they found no mercy in me or my followers; and God did not interpose to deliver them. Even unto the Lord - As a last resort.
"They cried, but there was none to save them; even unto the Lord, but he answered them not." Prayer is so notable a weapon that even the wicked will take to it to in their fits of desperation. Bad men have appealed to God against God's own servants, but all in vain; the kingdom of heaven is not divided, and God never succours his foes at the expense of his friends. There are prayers to God which are no better than blasphemy, which bring no comfortable reply, but rather provoke the Lord to greater wrath.
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Proverbs 1:28Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
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Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.
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Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them.
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And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.
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And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.
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Zechariah 7:13And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.
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When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
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Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and…
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Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,
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Jeremiah 14:12Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and…
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Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
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