Psalm 55:2
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New International Version (©1984)
hear me and answer me. My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught

New Living Translation (©2007)
Please listen and answer me, for I am overwhelmed by my troubles.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Attend to me, and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and I moan,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Give heed to me and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and am surely distracted,

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
Hear me and answer me and turn to my crying and hear me

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Pay attention to me, and answer me. My thoughts are restless, and I am confused

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;

American King James Version
Attend to me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
be attentive to me and hear me. I am grieved in my exercise; and am troubled,

Darby Bible Translation
Attend unto me, and answer me: I wander about in my plaint, and I moan aloud,

English Revised Version
Attend unto 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,

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Attend unto me, and hear me - This also is the language of earnest supplication, as if he was afraid that God would not regard his cry. These varied forms of speech show the intense earnestness of the psalmist, and his deep conviction that he must have help from God.

I mourn - The word used here - רוד rûd - means properly to wander about; to ramble - especially applied to animals that have broken loose; and then, to inquire after, to seek, as one does "by running up and down;" hence, to desire, to wish. Thus in Hosea 11:12 - "Judah runs wild toward God," - in our translation, "Judah yet ruleth with God." The word occurs also in Jeremiah 2:31, "We are lords" (margin, have dominion); and in Genesis 27:40, "When thou shalt have the dominion." It is not elsewhere found in the Scriptures. The idea here seems not to be to mourn, but to inquire earnestly; to seek; to look for, as one does who wanders about, or who looks every way for help. David was in deep distress. He looked in every direction. He earnestly desired to find God as a Helper. He was in the condition of one who had lost his way, or who had lost what was most valuable to him; and he directed his eyes most earnestly toward God for help.

In my complaint - The word here employed commonly means speech, discourse, meditation. It here occurs in the sense of complaint, as in Job 7:13; Job 9:27; Job 21:4; Job 23:2; Psalm 142:2; 1 Samuel 1:16. It is not used, however, to denote complaint in the sense of fault-finding, but in the sense of deep distress. As the word is now commonly used, we connect with it the idea of fault-finding, complaining, accusing, or the idea that we have been dealt with unjustly. This is not the meaning in tills place, or in the Scriptures generally. It is the language of a troubled, not of an injured spirit.

And make a noise - To wit, by prayer; or, by groaning. The psalmist did not hesitate to give vent to his feelings by groans, or sobs, or prayers. Such expressions are not merely indications of deep feeling, but they are among the appointed means of relief. They are the effort which nature makes to throw off the burden, and if they are without complaining or impatience they are not wrong. See Isaiah 38:14; Isaiah 59:11; Hebrews 5:7; Matthew 27:46.


Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

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.


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Attend unto me, and hear me,.... So as to answer, and that immediately and directly, his case requiring present help;

I mourn in my complaint; or "in my meditation" (p); solitary thoughts, and melancholy views of things. Saints have their complaints, on account of their sins and corruptions, their barrenness and unfruitfulness, and the decay of vital religion in them; and because of the low estate of Zion, the declining state of the interest of Christ, and the little success of his Gospel; and they mourn, in these complaints, over their own sins, and the sins of others, professors and profane, and under afflictions temporal and spiritual, both their own and the church's. Christ also, in the days of his flesh, had his complaints of the perverseness and faithlessness of the generation of men among whom he lived; of the frowardness, pride and contentions of his disciples; of the reproaches, insult, and injuries of his enemies; and of the dereliction of his God and Father; and he often mourned on account of one or other of these things, being a man of sorrows and acquainted with griefs;

and make a noise; not only with sighs and groans, but in so loud a manner as to be called roaring; see Psalm 22:1.

(p) "in meditatione mea", Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius, Gejerus, Michaelis; so Ainsworth.


Geneva Study Bible

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


Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

2. The terms of the last clause express full indulgence of grief.


Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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 remembrance of his sin in the matter of Uriah added much to the terror. When under a guilty conscience we must mourn in our complaint, and even strong believers have for a time been filled with horror. But none ever was so overwhelmed as the holy Jesus, when it pleased the Lord to put him to grief, and to make his soul an offering for our sins. In his agony he prayed more earnestly, and was heard and delivered; trusting in him, and following him, we shall be supported under, and carried through all trials. See how David was weary of the treachery and ingratitude of men, and the cares and disappointments of his high station: he longed to hide himself in some desert from the fury and fickleness of his people. He aimed not at victory, but rest; a barren wilderness, so that he might be quiet. The wisest and best of men most earnestly covet peace and quietness, and the more when vexed and wearied with noise and clamour. This makes death desirable to a child of God, that it is a final escape from all the storms and tempests of this world, to perfect and everlasting rest.


1 Samuel 1:16 Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; I have been praying here out of my great anguish and grief."
Job 9:27 If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression, and smile,'
Psalm 64:1 For the director of music. A psalm of David. Hear me, O God, as I voice my complaint; protect my life from the threat of the enemy.
Psalm 66:19 but God has surely listened and heard my voice in 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; listen to my cry for mercy.
Psalm 86:7 In the day of my trouble I will call to you, for you will answer me.
Psalm 142:2 I pour out my complaint before him; before him I tell my trouble.
Isaiah 38:14 I cried like a swift or thrush, I moaned like a mourning dove. My eyes grew weak as I looked to the heavens. I am troubled; O Lord, come to my aid!"
Isaiah 59:11 We all growl like bears; we moan mournfully like doves. We look for justice, but find none; for deliverance, but it is far away.
Ezekiel 7:16 All who survive and escape will be in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valleys, each because of his sins.

Attend Complaint Distracted Distraught Hear Heed Low Meditation Moan Mourn Noise Overcome Plaint Prayer Restless Sorrow Surely Thought Thoughts Trouble Wander


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

I mourned Ps 13:1,2 32:3 38:6 43:2 102:9,10 Isa 38:14

Psalms Chapter 55 Verse 2

Alphabetical: am and answer complaint distracted distraught Give hear heed I in me My restless surely thoughts to trouble

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