Psalm 55:2

Give heed to me and answer me;
I am restless in my complaint and am surely distracted,

“Like a swallow, like a crane, so I twitter;
I moan like a dove;
My eyes look wistfully to the heights;
O Lord, I am oppressed, be my security.

All of us growl like bears,
And moan sadly like doves;
We hope for justice, but there is none,
For salvation, but it is far from us.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?

When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away
Through my groaning all day long.

I am bent over and greatly bowed down;
I go mourning all day long.

For You are the God of my strength; why have You rejected me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint;
Preserve my life from dread of the enemy.

But certainly God has heard;
He has given heed to the voice of my prayer.

When I remember God, then I am disturbed;
When I sigh, then my spirit grows faint. Selah.

For I have eaten ashes like bread
And mingled my drink with weeping

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Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?

When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away
Through my

groaning all day long.

I am bent over and greatly bowed down;
I go mourning all day long.

For You are the God of my strength; why have You rejected me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

For I have eaten ashes like bread
And mingled my drink with weeping

“Like a swallow, like a crane, so I twitter;
I moan like a dove;
My eyes look wistfully to the heights;
O Lord, I am oppressed, be my security.

Hear my prayer, O God;

Give ear to the words of my mouth.