Psalms 55:2 (WEB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Psalms 55:1 Listen to my prayer, God. Don’t hide yourself from my supplication.

Psalms 55:2 Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan,

Psalms 55:3 Because 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.

Psalms 55:4 My heart is severely pained within me. The terrors of death have fallen on me.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "attend", "answer", "restless", "complaint", and "moan". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "attend" and "answer", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "Listen to my prayer God Don t..." into verse 3's "Because of the voice of the enemy...", so "attend" and "answer" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "attend" and "answer" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.