Psalms 55:2
Hear, O God, my prayer, and despise not my supplication:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
In Context
1Unto the end, in verses, understanding for David.
Cross References
Psalms 17:1The prayer of David. Hear, O Lord, my justice: attend to my supplication. Give ear unto my prayer, which proceedeth not from deceitful lips.
Psalms 38:6My sores are putrified and corrupted, because of my foolishness.
Psalms 64:1Unto the end, a psalm for David.
Psalms 77:3In the day of my trouble I sought God, with my hands lifted up to him in the night, and I was not deceived. My soul refused to be comforted:
Isaiah 38:14I will cry like a young swallow, I will meditate like a dove: my eyes are weakened looking upward: Lord, I suffer violence, answer thou for me.
Lamentations 3:56Coph. Thou hast heard my voice: turn not away thy ear from my sighs, and cries.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 55:2-9
Supplications of David in Distress. 1 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication. 2 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. 5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. 6 And I said, Oh that I had wings… Read the whole commentary →