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Psalm 55:2

Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan

1For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A contemplation by David. Listen to my prayer, God. Don’t hide yourself from my supplication.
2Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan
3because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me.
4My heart is severely pained within me. The terrors of death have fallen on me.
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“Attend to me, and answer me” carries the urgency of someone whose distress has become restless complaint and moaning, even while he prays.

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Where else Scripture says this

6 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Isaiah 38:14I chattered like a swallow or a crane. I moaned like a dove. My eyes weaken looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed. Be my security.”Both prayers include moaning under oppression and an appeal to God for help.
Psalm 77:3I remember God, and I groan. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah.Both passages describe complaint and wordless distress in relation to God, with no relief yet expressed.
Psalm 66:19But most certainly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer.Psalm 55 asks God to listen and answer; Psalm 66 declares that God has heard the speaker’s prayer.
Psalm 64:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.Both prayers ask God to hear a complaint amid distress caused by an enemy.
Isaiah 59:11We all roar like bears and moan sadly like doves. We look for justice, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far off from us.Moaning marks distress in both passages; Psalm 55 asks God to answer, while Isaiah describes people looking for justice that has not come.
Psalm 119:149Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, LORD, according to your ordinances.Both speakers ask God to hear them; Psalm 119 grounds that request in God’s loving kindness and ordinances.
Where this verse fits

Anxiety or panic. injustice and anger. feeling distant from God.

What the Bible says about anxiety →What the Bible says about anger →What the Bible says about doubt →
One step

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Name one complaint to God and ask him to answer

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Encouragement

David asks for God’s attention while he is still restless. Your prayer need not sound composed; this prayer reaches toward God through complaint and moaning.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).