Psalm 55:2
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
קָשַׁב
qâshab
to prick up the ears, i.e. hearken
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
סָפַד
çâphad
properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail
שִׂיחַ
sîyach
a contemplation; by implication, an utterance
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Key Terms in This Verse
סָפַד çâphad
properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail
Study H5594 →שָׁמַע shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Study H8085 →Cross References
Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
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