Psalms 55:2
1 Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea.
Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught
3 at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they release disaster upon me and revile me in their anger.
4 My heart murmurs within me, and the terrors of death assail me.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught
- KJV
- Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
- WEB
- Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan
- ASV
- Attend unto me, and answer me: I am restless in my complaint, and moan,
- DARBY
- Attend unto me, and answer me: I wander about in my plaint, and I moan aloud,
- BLB
- Be attentive to me, and answer me; [for] I am restless in my complaint, and make a noise,
- ÅB
- Gi akt på meg og svar meg! Mine sorgfylte tanker farer hit og dit, og jeg må stønne,
- OTB
- Vend ditt øre til meg og svar meg;
Jeg er urolig i min klage og svært bekymret, - B1930
- Gi akt på mig og svar mig! Mine sorgfylte tanker farer hit og dit, og jeg må stønne,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 38:14
I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”
Read in contextPsalms 77:3
I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah
Read in contextPsalms 66:19
But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.
Read in contextIsaiah 59:11
We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
Read in contextPsalms 64:1
Hear, O God, my voice of complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.
Read in contextPsalms 102:9–10
For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears
Read in contextPsalms 38:6
I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
Read in contextPsalms 43:2
For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?
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