Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version hear me and answer me. My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught New Living Translation Please listen and answer me, for I am overwhelmed by my troubles. English Standard Version Attend to me, and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and I moan, Berean Standard Bible Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught King James Bible Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; New King James Version Attend to me, and hear me; I am restless in my complaint, and moan noisily, New American Standard Bible Give Your attention to me and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and severely distracted, NASB 1995 Give heed to me and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and am surely distracted, NASB 1977 Give heed to me, and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and am surely distracted, Legacy Standard Bible Give heed to me and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and am surely distracted, Amplified Bible Listen to me and answer me; I am restless and distraught in my complaint and distracted Christian Standard Bible Pay attention to me and answer me. I am restless and in turmoil with my complaint, Holman Christian Standard Bible Pay attention to me and answer me. I am restless and in turmoil with my complaint, American Standard Version Attend unto me, and answer me: I am restless in my complaint, and moan, Aramaic Bible in Plain English Hear me and answer me and turn to my crying and hear me Brenton Septuagint Translation Attend to me, and hearken to me: I was grieved in my meditation, and troubled; Contemporary English Version Please listen and help me. My thoughts are troubled, and I keep groaning Douay-Rheims Bible be attentive to me and hear me. I am grieved in my exercise; and am troubled, English Revised Version Attend unto me, and answer me: I am restless in my complaint, and moan; GOD'S WORD® Translation Pay attention to me, and answer me. My thoughts are restless, and I am confused Good News Translation Listen to me and answer me; I am worn out by my worries. International Standard Version Pay attention to me and answer me. I moan and groan in my thoughts, JPS Tanakh 1917 Attend unto me, and answer me; I am distraught in my complaint, and will moan; Literal Standard Version Attend to me, and answer me, | I mourn in my meditation, and make a noise, Majority Standard Bible Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught New American Bible hear me and give answer. I rock with grief; I groan NET Bible Pay attention to me and answer me! I am so upset and distressed, I am beside myself, New Revised Standard Version Attend to me, and answer me; I am troubled in my complaint. I am distraught New Heart English Bible Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan, Webster's Bible Translation Attend to me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; World English Bible Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan Young's Literal Translation Attend to me, and answer me, I mourn in my meditation, and make a noise, Additional Translations ... Context Cast Your Burden upon the LORD1For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea. 2Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught 3at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they release disaster upon me and revile me in their anger.… Cross References 1 Samuel 1:16 Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief." Job 9:27 If I were to say, 'I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,' Psalm 64:1 Hear, O God, my voice of complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy. Psalm 66:19 But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer. Psalm 77:3 I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah Psalm 86:6 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and attend to my plea for mercy. Psalm 86:7 In the day of my distress I call on You, because You answer me. Treasury of Scripture Attend to me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; I mourned Psalm 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? … Psalm 32:3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. Psalm 38:6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. Jump to Previous Attend Complaint Distracted Distraught Hear Heed Low Meditation Moan Mourn Noise Overcome Plaint Prayer Restless Sorrow Surely Thought Thoughts Trouble WanderJump to Next Attend Complaint Distracted Distraught Hear Heed Low Meditation Moan Mourn Noise Overcome Plaint Prayer Restless Sorrow Surely Thought Thoughts Trouble WanderPsalm 55 1. David in his prayer complains of his fearful case9. He prays against his enemies, of whose wickedness and treachery he complains 16. He comforts himself in God's preservation oh him, and confusion of his enemies (2) I mourn.--A verb found in this form only in three other passages, always with the idea of restlessness--e.g., Genesis 27:40, of the roving life of a Bedouin; Jeremiah 2:31, of moral restlessness; Hosea 12:1, of political instability. Here it may either indicate that bodily restlessness which often serves as an outlet of grief: "Hard mechanic exercise, Like dull narcotics, numbing pain," or the distracted state of the mind itself. And make a noise.--Better, and must roar, the form of the verb expressing the compulsion which the sufferer feels to give vent to his feelings in groans and murmurs. (See Note on Psalm 42:5.) . . . Verse 2. - Attend unto me, and hear me. A very special need is indicated by these four petitions to be heard (vers. 1, 2). I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; rather, I wander in my musing, and moan aloud. "I wander," i.e. "from one sad thought to another" (Kay); and, unable to constrain myself, I give vent to meanings. Orientals are given to open displays of their grief (Herod., 8:99; AEschylus, 'Persae,' passim).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Attendהַקְשִׁ֣יבָה (haq·šî·ḇāh) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 7181: To prick up the ears, hearken to me לִּ֣י (lî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew and answer me. וַעֲנֵ֑נִי (wa·‘ă·nê·nî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's 6030: To answer, respond I am restless אָרִ֖יד (’ā·rîḏ) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 7300: To wander restlessly, roam in my complaint, בְּשִׂיחִ֣י (bə·śî·ḥî) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 7879: A contemplation, an utterance and distraught וְאָהִֽימָה׃ (wə·’ā·hî·māh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular Strong's 1949: To make an uproar, agitate greatly Links Psalm 55:2 NIVPsalm 55:2 NLT Psalm 55:2 ESV Psalm 55:2 NASB Psalm 55:2 KJV Psalm 55:2 BibleApps.com Psalm 55:2 Biblia Paralela Psalm 55:2 Chinese Bible Psalm 55:2 French Bible Psalm 55:2 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 55:2 Attend to me and answer me (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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