Psalm 55:2

Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan,

I chattered like a swallow or a crane. I moaned like a dove. My eyes weaken looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed. Be my security."

We roar all like bears, and moan bitterly like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

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

When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.

I am pained and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.

For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

But most certainly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer.

I remember God, and I groan. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah.

For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears,

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