Psalm 55:2

New International Reader's Version

Hear me and answer me. My thoughts upset me. I’m very troubled.

Cross References

Psalm 17:1

Lord, hear me, because I ask for what is right. Listen to my cry for help. Hear my prayer. It doesn’t come from lips that tell lies.

Psalm 32:3

When I kept silent about my sin, my body became weak because I groaned all day long.

Psalm 38:6

I am bent over. I’ve been brought very low. All day long I go around weeping.

Psalm 43:2

You are God, my place of safety. Why have you turned your back on me? Why must I go around in sorrow? Why am I beaten down by my enemies?

Psalm 64:1

God, hear me as I tell you my problem. Don’t let my enemies kill me.

Psalm 66:19

But God has surely listened. He has heard my prayer.

Psalm 77:3

God, I remembered you, and I groaned. I thought about you, and I became weak.

Isaiah 38:14

I cried softly like a weak little bird. I sounded like a dove as I mourned. My eyes grew tired as I looked up toward heaven. Lord, my life is in danger. Please come and help me!

Isaiah 59:11

All of us growl like hungry bears. We sound like doves as we mourn. We want the Lord to do what is fair and save us. But he doesn’t do it. We long for him to set us free. But the time for that seems far away.

Lamentations 3:56

I prayed, “Please don’t close your ears to my cry for help.” And you heard my appeal.