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Psalms 55:1–2
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Psalms 55:1
1GIVE ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
1¶ Giue eare to my prayer, O God: and hide not thy selfe from my supplication.
Psalms 55:2
2Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
2Attend vnto me, and heare me: I mourne in my complaint, and make a noise.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 55:1
To grant, hand, offer, supply, yield, or cause to have.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The organ of hearing; also, the seed-bearing head of grain.
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A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To conceal or keep from sight or knowledge; to lie concealed. As a noun, an animal skin.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
supplication
An earnest request or prayer.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604
DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 55:2
To give heed or attention; to be present; to wait upon or accompany.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To perceive by the ear; to listen, attend, understand, or obey, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To feel or express grief, sorrow, or lamentation.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
An expression of grief, distress, pain, or grievance; a lament.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To form, produce, cause, or carry out what the verse states.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A sound, especially a loud sound, report, or outcry; as a verb, to spread by report.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 1
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Open the full verse study12For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
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Open the full verse study6Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.
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Open the full verse study1HEAR my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
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Open the full verse study9Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
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Open the full verse study1HEAR my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
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Open the full verse study1GIVE ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
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Open the full verse study7Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
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Open the full verse study1SAVE me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.
2Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
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Open the full verse study8O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
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Open the full verse study1GIVE ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation.
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Open the full verse study4O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
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Open the full verse study8Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
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Open the full verse study1HEAR the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
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Open the full verse study1UNTO thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
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Open the full verse study1O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
From verse 2
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Open the full verse study14Like 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.
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Open the full verse study19But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
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Open the full verse study3I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
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Open the full verse study11We 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.
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Open the full verse study1HEAR my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
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Open the full verse study9For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
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Open the full verse study6I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
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Open the full verse study2For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
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Open the full verse study1HOW long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
2How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
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Open the full verse study3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
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