Psalm 55:2

Pay attention to me and answer me. I moan and groan in my thoughts,

Like a swallow or a crane I chirp, I moan like a dove. My eyes look weakly upward. O Lord, I am oppressed, so stand up for me!

We all growl like bears; we sigh mournfully like doves. We look for justice, but there is none, and for deliverance, but it's far from us.

How long? LORD, will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away by my groaning all day long.

I am bent over and walk about greatly bowed down; all day long I go around mourning.

Since you are the God who strengthens me, why have you forsaken me? Why do I go around mourning under the enemy's oppression?"

Hear, God, as I express my concern; protect me from fear of the enemy.

Surely God has heard, and he paid attention to my prayers.

I remember God, and I groan; I meditate, while my spirit grows faint. Interlude

I have eaten ashes as food and mixed my drink with tears

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