Psalms 55:2

“Attend unto me, and hear me, etc.] So as to answer, and that immediately and directly, his case requiring present help; I mourn in my complaint; or “in my meditation” f715; solitary thoughts, and melancholy views of things. Saints have their complaints, on account of their sins and corruptions, their barrenness and unfruitfulness, and the decay of vital religion in them; and because of the low estate of Zion, the declining state of the interest of Christ, and the little success of his Gospel; and they mourn, in these complaints, over their own sins, and the sins of others, professors and profane, and under afflictions temporal and spiritual, both their own and the church’s. Christ also, in…”

“The terms of the last clause express full indulgence of grief.”

“Attend unto me, and hear me - This also is the language of earnest supplication, as if he was afraid that God would not regard his cry. These varied forms of speech show the intense earnestness of the psalmist, and his deep conviction that he must have help from God. I mourn - The word used here - רוד rûd - means properly to wander about; to ramble - especially applied to animals that have broken loose; and then, to inquire after, to seek, as one does “by running up and down;” hence, to desire, to wish. Thus in Hosea 11:12 - “Judah runs wild toward God,” - in our translation, “Judah yet ruleth with God.” The word occurs also in Jeremiah 2:31, “We are lords” (margin, have dominion); and in…”

“I mourn: Psa 13:1, Psa 13:2, Psa 32:3, Psa 38:6, Psa 43:2, Psa 102:9, Psa 102:10; Isa 38:14 Psalms 55:3”