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Attend to meהַקְשִׁיבָה לִּיand answer me;וַעֲנֵנִיI am restlessאָרִידin my complaintבְּשִׂיחִיand I am distraught,וְאָהִימָה
Psalms 55:2
Study it in the app“Attend to me and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and I am distraught,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 55:2, word by word
- Attend to meהַקְשִׁיבָhakshiva
pay attention, listen
To pay attention, to listen carefully, to prick up the ears. It is more than hearing: it is heeding what is said.
Where else “hakshiva” appears- and answer meעֲנֵane
hear prayer
God answers the one who calls on him: with a word, or with an act such as fire.
Where else “ane” appears- I am restlessאָרִידarid
roam freely
A rare verb of uncertain sense: "roam free", "be restless".
Where else “arid” appears- in my complaintשִׂיחִsichi
complaint
What one says in pouring out grief.
Where else “sichi” appears- and I am distraughtאָהִימָהahima
be distraught
Be unsettled inside.
Where else “ahima” appears
The context
1For the director. With stringed instruments. A maskil of David. Give ear, Elohim, to my prayer, and do not hide yourself from my supplication.
2 · This verse (above)
3because of the voice of the enemy, because of the pressure of the wicked; for they bring down upon me wickedness, and in anger they bear a grudge against me.