Psalms 55:2

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

"Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;" - Psalms 55:2
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What does Psalms 55:2 mean?

Psalm 55:2 in the King James Version of the Bible reads, "Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise." This verse is part of a larger passage in which the psalmist is pouring out his heart to God, expressing his distress and the turmoil of his heart…

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A Cry in the Night: Finding Solace in Our Mourning

Psalms 55:2 (KJV): "Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise." As the sun begins to set and the shadows grow longer, there is often a moment where we feel the weight of our emotions pressing in on us. The tranquillity of the evening can bring…

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A Prayer of Sorrow and Seeking Comfort

O Lord, our Heavenly Father, I come before You today with a heavy heart, echoing the sentiments of the psalmist in Psalm 55:2, where he implores, "Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise." I humbly beseech You, O God, to lend Your ear to my cries…

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Psalms 55:2 - "Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;"
Psalms 55:1 - "Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication."
"I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest." - Psalms 55:8
Psalms 55:13 - "But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance."
"Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me." - Psalms 55:5
"Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah." - Psalms 55:7
Psalms 55:8 - "I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest."
Psalms 55:7 - "Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah."
Psalms 55:5 - "Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me."
Psalms 55:16 - "As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me."
Psalms 55:11 - "Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets."
Psalms 55:10 - "Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it."
Psalms 55:4 - "My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me."
Psalms 55:14 - "We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company."
Psalms 55:9 - "Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city."
Psalms 119:55 - "I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law."
Psalms 55:17 - "Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice."
Psalms 55:3 - "Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me."
Psalms 55:18 - "He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me."
Psalms 55:6 - "And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest."
Psalms 55:20 - "He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant."
Psalms 78:55 - "He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents."
Psalms 55:19 - "God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God."
Psalms 55:15 - "Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them."
Psalms 55:22 - "Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved."
Psalms 81:2 - "Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery."
Psalms 55:21 - "The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords."
"But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance." - Psalms 55:13
Psalms 55:23 - "But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee."