Psalms 55:2
1 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon 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
Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
Read in contextPsalms 77:3
I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
Read in contextPsalms 66:19
But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
Read in contextIsaiah 59:11
We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
Read in contextPsalms 64:1
Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
Read in contextPsalms 102:9–10
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
Read in contextPsalms 38:6
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
Read in contextPsalms 43:2
For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
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