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Psalm 55:2

The Scriptures 1998

Give heed to me, and answer me; I wander and moan in my complaint,

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“Like a swallow or a thrush, so I chattered; I moaned like a dove; my eyes look weakly on high. O יהוה, I am oppressed, undertake for me!

Truly, Elohim has heard me; He has given heed to the voice of my prayer.

I remembered Elohim, and groaned; I complained, and my spirit grew faint. Selah.

Hear my voice, O Elohim, in my meditation; Guard my life from the threats of the enemy.

All of us growl like bears, and moan sadly like doves. We look for right-ruling, but there is none; for deliverance, but it is far from us.

For You are the Elohim of my strength. Why have You rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

I have been bent down; I have been bowed down very much; All day long I have gone mourning.

When I kept silent, my bones became old Through my groaning all the day.

Hear righteousness, יהוה, Listen to my cry; Give ear to my prayer, From lips without deceit.

You have heard my voice, Do not hide Your ear from my groaning, From my outcry!