Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan,
New American Standard Bible
I am restless in my
King James Version
Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
Holman Bible
I am restless and in turmoil with my complaint,
International Standard Version
Pay attention to me and answer me. I moan and groan in my thoughts,
American Standard Version
Attend unto me, and answer me: I am restless in my complaint, and moan,
Amplified
Listen to me and answer me;
I am restless and distraught in my complaint and distracted
Bible in Basic English
Give thought to me, and let my prayer be answered: I have been made low in sorrow;
Darby Translation
Attend unto me, and answer me: I wander about in my plaint, and I moan aloud,
Julia Smith Translation
Attend to me and answer me; I shall flow down and make a noise in my complaint
King James 2000
Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
Lexham Expanded Bible
Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my lamenting and I groan,
Modern King James verseion
Attend to me, and hear me; I wander and I moan in my complaint,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Take heed unto me, and hear me, how piteously I mourn and complain.
NET Bible
Pay attention to me and answer me! I am so upset and distressed, I am beside myself,
New Heart English Bible
Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan,
The Emphasized Bible
Attend unto me, and answer me, I may ramble in my complaining, And be driven to and fro -
Webster
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,
Youngs Literal Translation
Attend to me, and answer me, I mourn in my meditation, and make a noise,
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 55:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Betrayal By A Friend
1 Give ear to my prayer, O God, and hide not thyself from my supplication. 2 Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan, 3 because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they cast iniquity upon me, and in anger they persecute me.
Cross References
Isaiah 38:14
Like a swallow [or] a crane, so I chattered. I moaned as a dove. My eyes fail [with looking] upward. O LORD, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.
Isaiah 59:11
We all roar like bears, and moan greatly like doves. We look for justice, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far off from us.
Psalm 13:1-2
How long, O LORD? Will thou forget me forever? How long will thou hide thy face from me?
Psalm 32:3
When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all the day long.
Psalm 38:6
I am pained and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all the day long.
Psalm 43:2
For thou are the God of my strength. Why have thou cast me off? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Psalm 64:1
Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
Psalm 66:19
But truly God has heard. He has attended to the voice of my prayer.
Psalm 77:3
I remember God, and am disquieted. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah.
Psalm 102:9-10
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,