Bible Strands
Psalms 55:2
Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — David speaks to God in a Maskil prayer, positioning his complaint between an opening plea for attention and a description of enemy pressure.
The words — אָרִיד ('a.Rid) translates literally as "I am restless," and אָהִימָה ('a.Hi.mah) means "I am distraught," directly describing the speaker's agitated state.
The thread — The movement from complaint to divine response runs through Psalms 66:19, where God attends to the sound of prayer, and Psalms 77:3, where remembered God coincides with groaning and a faint spirit.
Why it lands — The text demands that unfiltered distress be brought directly to God and expects a concrete response to persistent pleading.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
Cross-references
- Isaiah 38:14 I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”
- Psalms 66:19 But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.
- Psalms 77:3 I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah
- Psalms 64:1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice of complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.
- Isaiah 59:11 We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
- Psalms 38:6 I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
- Psalms 43:2 For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?
- Psalms 102:9 For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears
- Psalms 13:1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
- Psalms 32:3 When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.