Psalms 55 · Verse 2

Psalms 55:2

Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
Psalms 55:2, King James Version

Psalms 55:2 in other translations

BSBAttend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught
WEBAttend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan
ASVAttend unto me, and answer me: I am restless in my complaint, and moan,
YLTAttend to me, and answer me, I mourn in my meditation, and make a noise,
DARBYAttend unto me, and answer me: I wander about in my plaint, and I moan aloud,
BBEGive thought to me, and let my prayer be answered: I have been made low in sorrow;
WebsterAttend to me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;

What does Psalms 55:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. The terms of the last clause express full indulgence of grief.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 I mourn in my complaint - בשיחי besichi, in my sighing; a strong guttural sound, expressive of the natural accents of sorrow. And make a noise - I am in a tumult - I am strongly agitated.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 55:1-8

In these verses we have, 1. David praying. Prayer is a salve for every sore, and a relief to the spirit under every burden. 2. David weeping. Griefs are thus, in some measure, lessened, while those increase that have no vent given them. David in great alarm. We may well suppose him to be so, upon the breaking out of Absalom's conspiracy, and the falling away of the people. Horror overwhelmed him. Probably the…

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Psalms 55:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הַקְשִׁ֣יבָהhak.Shi.vahpay attention !H7181
לִּ֣יlito <the> me
וַעֲנֵ֑נִיva.'a.Ne.niand answer meH6030
אָרִ֖יד'a.RidI am restlessH7300
בְּשִׂיחִ֣יbe.si.Chiin complaint myH7879
וְאָהִֽימָה\׃ve.'a.Hi.mahand I am distraughtH1949

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 55:2

  • 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.

  • Psalms 77:3

    I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.

  • Psalms 66:19

    But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

  • Isaiah 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.

  • Psalms 64:1

    To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

  • Psalms 102:9-10

    For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

  • Psalms 38:6

    I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

  • Psalms 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?

  • Psalms 13:1-2

    To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

  • Psalms 32:3

    When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I mourn.
13:1,2; 32:3; 38:6; 43:2; 102:9,10; Isa 38:14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 55:1

    To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.

  • Psalms 55:2

    Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;

  • Psalms 55:3

    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.

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Psalms 55:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Estáme atento, y respóndeme: clamo en mi oración, y levanto el grito,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Prête l’oreille, ô Dieu, à ma prière, et ne te cache pas de ma supplication.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Horche auf mich und antworte mir! Ich irre umher in meiner Klage und muß stöhnen
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Miserere mei, Deus, quoniam conculcavit me homo; tota die impugnans, tribulavit me.