April 26
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PSALM 55 HIDE NOT FROM MY PLEA O LORD
Give ear to my prayer, O God, and hide not yourself from my plea for mercy!
2 Attend to me, and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and I moan,
3 because of the noise of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked.
For they drop trouble upon me, and in anger they bear a grudge against me.
4 My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
5 Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me.
6 And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest;
7 yes, I would wander far away; I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah
8 I would hurry to find a shelter from the raging wind and tempest.”
9 Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues; for I see violence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night they go around it on its walls, and iniquity and trouble are within it;
11 ruin is in its midst; oppression and fraud do not depart from its marketplace.
– Psalm 55:1-11
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ATTEND TO ME O LORD! By ILMA
My Lord, why haven’t you given ear to my plea?
I am pulled down by the schemes of the enemy
Attend to me O Lord, I am agitated with what’s going on
The wicked has continually beset me with much troubles
I am in much anguish and so exhausted by these oppressions
Fear dominates my heart; there’s too much tribulations
Please do not leave me for I will be without hope if you did
O Lord, give me wings like the dove, so I can fly and be free
Day and night, the enemy surrounds me to cause me much grief
There is so much corruption and sin in this world we live in
Attend to me O Lord, for I will not make it if I lose your presence
Hear my plea O Lord, I am in dire need of your deliverance.
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REFLECTION
• How did David manifest his dependence on God despite the litany of complaints he presented to God in this psalm?
• Do you think God likes it when we complain to him about our troubles and tribulations? Why or why not?