Bible Verses About Prayer: Answer to prayer, delayed

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don’t answer; in the night season, and am not silent.

I waited patiently for the LORD. He turned to me, and heard my cry.

LORD God of Hosts, How long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?

LORD, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?

After ten days, the LORD’s word came to Jeremiah.

LORD, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you “Violence!” and will you not save?

Won’t God avenge his chosen ones, who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?