Psalms 55:2
Have mercy upon me, O God; for man has trodden me down; all the day long he warring has afflicted me.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 17:1For the end, a Psalm of David the servant of the Lord; the words which he spoke to the Lord, even the words of this Song, in the day in which the Lord delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: and he said:
Psalms 38:6Behold, thou hast made my days + 38:6 Alex. a span long.old; and my existence is as nothing before thee: nay, every man living is altogether vanity. Pause.
Psalms 64:1For the end, a Psalm and Song of David.
Psalms 77:3All which we have heard and known, and our fathers have declared to us.
Isaiah 38:14As a swallow, so will I cry, and as a dove, so do I mourn: for mine eyes have failed with looking to the height of heaven to the Lord, who has delivered me,
Lamentations 3:56Thou heardest my voice: close not thine ears to my supplication.
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 →