Psalms 55:2

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Pay attention to me and answer me! I am so upset and distressed, I am beside myself,

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 38:14 : 14 Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp, I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. O Lord, I am oppressed; help me!
  • Isa 59:11 : 11 We all growl like bears, we coo mournfully like doves; we wait for deliverance, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
  • Ps 13:1-2 : 1 For the music director; a psalm of David. How long, LORD, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me? 2 How long must I worry, and suffer in broad daylight? How long will my enemy gloat over me?
  • Ps 32:3 : 3 When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long.
  • Ps 38:6 : 6 I am dazed and completely humiliated; all day long I walk around mourning.
  • Ps 43:2 : 2 For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?
  • Ps 64:1 : 1 For the music director; a psalm of David. Listen to me, O God, as I offer my lament! Protect my life from the enemy’s terrifying attacks.
  • Ps 66:19 : 19 However, God heard; he listened to my prayer.
  • Ps 77:3 : 3 I said,“I will remember God while I groan; I will think about him while my strength leaves me.”(Selah)
  • Ps 102:9-9 : 9 For I eat ashes as if they were bread, and mix my drink with my tears, 10 because of your anger and raging fury. Indeed, you pick me up and throw me away.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 1For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a well-written song by David. Listen, O God, to my prayer! Do not ignore my appeal for mercy!

  • 1For the music director; to be played on a stringed instrument; written by David. O God, hear my cry for help! Pay attention to my prayer!

  • 2O God, listen to my prayer! Pay attention to what I say!

  • Ps 5:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1For the music director, to be accompanied by wind instruments; a psalm of David. Listen to what I say, LORD! Carefully consider my complaint!

    2Pay attention to my cry for help, my king and my God, for I am praying to you!

  • Ps 102:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1The prayer of an oppressed man, as he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD. O LORD, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my cry for help!

    2Do not ignore me in my time of trouble! Listen to me! When I call out to you, quickly answer me!

  • 2O Lord, listen to me! Pay attention to my plea for mercy!

  • 1A psalm of David. O LORD, I cry out to you. Come quickly to me! Pay attention to me when I cry out to you!

  • 1For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of Asaph. I will cry out to God and call for help! I will cry out to God and he will pay attention to me.

  • 7Hear me, O LORD, when I cry out! Have mercy on me and answer me!

  • Ps 55:16-17
    2 verses
    78%

    16As for me, I will call out to God, and the LORD will deliver me.

    17During the evening, morning, and noontime I will lament and moan, and he will hear me.

  • 56You heard my plea:“Do not close your ears to my cry for relief!”

  • 6O LORD, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my plea for mercy!

  • 3because of what the enemy says, and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me.

  • 19Then I said,“LORD, pay attention to me. Listen to what my enemies are saying.

  • Ps 142:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1A well-written song by David, when he was in the cave; a prayer. To the LORD I cry out; to the LORD I plead for mercy.

    2I pour out my lament before him; I tell him about my troubles.

  • 2Listen to my prayer! Pay attention to my cry for help!

  • 12Hear my prayer, O LORD! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am a foreign resident with you, a temporary settler, just as all my ancestors were.

  • 2My God, I cry out during the day, but you do not answer, and during the night my prayers do not let up.

  • 6I call to you for you will answer me, O God. Listen to me! Hear what I say!

  • 6Listen to my cry for help, for I am in serious trouble! Rescue me from those who chase me, for they are stronger than I am.

  • 1A prayer of David. LORD, consider my just cause! Pay attention to my cry for help! Listen to the prayer I sincerely offer!

  • 1A song of ascents. In my distress I cried out to the LORD and he answered me.

  • 1A psalm of David. O LORD, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my plea for help! Because of your faithfulness and justice, answer me!

  • 16Turn toward me and have mercy on me, for I am alone and oppressed!

  • 75%

    1For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm of David. When I call out, answer me, O God who vindicates me! Though I am hemmed in, you will lead me into a wide, open place. Have mercy on me and respond to my prayer!

  • 20I cry out to you, but you do not answer me; I stand up, and you only look at me.

  • 1By David. To you, O LORD, I cry out! My protector, do not ignore me! If you do not respond to me, I will join those who are descending into the grave.

  • 6In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried out to my God. From his heavenly temple he heard my voice; he listened to my cry for help.

  • Lam 1:21-22
    2 verses
    74%

    21ש(Sin/Shin) They have heard that I groan, yet there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have brought it about. Bring about the day of judgment that you promised so that they may end up like me!

    22ת(Tav) Let all their wickedness come before you; afflict them just as you have afflicted me because of all my acts of rebellion. For my groans are many, and my heart is sick with sorrow.

  • 22Then call, and I will answer, or I will speak, and you respond to me.

  • 10Hear, O LORD, and have mercy on me! O LORD, deliver me!”

  • 19However, God heard; he listened to my prayer.

  • 7Job’s Abandonment and Affliction“If I cry out,‘Violence!’ I receive no answer; I cry for help, but there is no justice.

  • 23Pay attention and listen to my message! Be attentive and listen to what I have to say!

  • 8To you, O LORD, I cried out; I begged the Lord for mercy:

  • 1For the music director; By David, a psalm. I relied completely on the LORD, and he turned toward me and heard my cry for help.

  • 1A prayer of David. Listen O LORD! Answer me! For I am oppressed and needy.

  • 17Do not ignore your servant, for I am in trouble! Answer me right away!

  • 22I jumped to conclusions and said,“I am cut off from your presence!” But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.

  • 7In my distress I called to the LORD; I called to my God. From his heavenly temple he heard my voice; he listened to my cry for help.

  • Ps 6:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8Turn back from me, all you who behave wickedly, for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping!

    9The LORD has heard my appeal for mercy; the LORD has accepted my prayer.

  • 28I go about blackened, but not by the sun; in the assembly I stand up and cry for help.

  • 1For the music director; a psalm of David. Listen to me, O God, as I offer my lament! Protect my life from the enemy’s terrifying attacks.

  • 8I am numb with pain and severely battered; I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel.