Psalm 55:2

Pay attention to me and answer me! I am so upset and distressed, I am beside myself,

Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp, I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. O sovereign master, I am oppressed; help me!

We all growl like bears, we coo mournfully like doves; we wait for deliverance, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far from us.

For the music director; a psalm of David. How long, Lord, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me?

When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long.

I am dazed and completely humiliated; all day long I walk around mourning.

For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?

For the music director; a psalm of David. Listen to me, O God, as I offer my lament! Protect my life from the enemy's terrifying attacks.

However, God heard; he listened to my prayer.

I said, "I will remember God while I groan; I will think about him while my strength leaves me." (Selah)

For I eat ashes as if they were bread, and mix my drink with my tears,

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