Psalms 55:2
Hear me, and answer; for bitter is my lament.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
In Context
1Listen, God, to my prayer. Don’t hide yourself from my pleading.
Cross References
Psalms 17:1Listen, O Lord, to my innocence; attend to my piercing cry. Give heed to my prayer out of lips unfeigned.
Psalms 38:6Bent and bowed am I utterly, all the day going in mourning.
Psalms 64:1Hear, O my God, the voice of my lament: guard my life from the dread of the foe.
Psalms 77:3When I think of God, I moan; when I muse, my spirit is faint. Selah
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 →