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Psalms 55:2

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

KJV

Miserere mei, Deus, quoniam conculcavit me homo ; tota die impugnans, tribulavit me.

Vulgate

Ἐλέησόν με, Κύριε, ὅτι κατεπάτησέν με ἄνθρωπος, ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν πολεμῶν ἔθλιψέν με.

LXX

Attend unto me, and answer me: I am restless in my complaint, and moan,

ASV

הַאֲזִ֣ינָ/ה אֱ֭לֹהִים תְּפִלָּתִ֑/י וְ/אַל תִּ֝תְעַלַּ֗ם מִ/תְּחִנָּתִֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
ה
h
verb · 41×
י
y
noun · 25×
י
y
noun · 77×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
נֶעְלַ֣ם
n'lm
verb · 28×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 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.
  • Isa 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.
  • Ps 17:1 — Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
  • Ps 38:6 — I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
  • Ps 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?
  • Ps 64:1 — Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
  • Ps 66:19 — But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
  • Ps 77:3 — I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
  • Ps 102:9 — For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
  • Ps 119:149 — Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.