Psalms 55:7
5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah
- KJV
- Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
- WEB
- Behold, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness.” Selah.
- ASV
- Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah
- DARBY
- Behold, I would flee afar off, I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah;
- BLB
- behold, I would go far off wandering [and] would lodge in the wilderness. Selah
- ÅB
- Se, jeg ville flykte langt bort, jeg ville ta herberge i ørkenen. Sela.
- OTB
- Se, jeg ville flykte langt bort,
Jeg ville tilbringe natten i ørkenen.
Sela - B1930
- Se, jeg vilde flykte langt bort, jeg vilde ta herberge i ørkenen. Sela.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 9:2
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
Read in context2 Samuel 15:14
And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.
Read in contextJeremiah 37:12
Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.
Read in contextProverbs 6:4–5
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Read in context2 Samuel 17:21–22
And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.
Read in context1 Samuel 27:1
And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
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