Hear a just cause, O Lord; attend to my cry; give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit.
Psalm 55:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Attend to me and answer me; I am troubled in my complaint. I am distraught More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Attend to me and answer me; I am restless and distraught in my complaint and must moan American Standard Version (1901) Attend unto me, and answer me: I am restless in my complaint, and moan, Common English Bible Pay attention! Answer me! I can’t sit still while complaining. I’m beside myself Catholic Public Domain Version Have mercy on me, O God, because man has trampled over me. All day long, he has afflicted me by fighting against me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Have mercy on me, O God, for man hath trodden me under foot; all the day long he hath afflicted me fighting against me. |
Hear a just cause, O Lord; attend to my cry; give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit.
While I kept silent, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long.
I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all day long I go around mourning.
For you are the God in whom I take refuge; why have you cast me off? Why must I walk about mournfully because of the oppression of the enemy?
Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; preserve my life from the dread enemy.
Like a swallow or a crane I clamor; I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary with looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security!
We all growl like bears; like doves we moan mournfully. We wait for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.
you heard my plea, “Do not close your ear to my cry for help, but give me relief!”