Psalm 55:2

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

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

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!

O God, listen to my prayer! Pay attention to what I say!