Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Pay attention to me and answer me! I am so upset and distressed, I am beside myself,
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,
A Conservative Version
Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan,
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.
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 For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a well-written song by David. Listen, O God, to my prayer! Do not ignore my appeal for mercy! 2 Pay attention to me and answer me! I am so upset and distressed, I am beside myself, 3 because of what the enemy says, and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me.
Cross References
Isaiah 38:14
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!
Isaiah 59:11
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.
Psalm 13:1-2
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?
Psalm 32:3
When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long.
Psalm 38:6
I am dazed and completely humiliated; all day long I walk around mourning.
Psalm 43:2
For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?
Psalm 64:1
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.
Psalm 66:19
However, God heard; he listened to my prayer.
Psalm 77:3
I said, "I will remember God while I groan; I will think about him while my strength leaves me." (Selah)
Psalm 102:9-10
For I eat ashes as if they were bread, and mix my drink with my tears,