Psalms 55:8
6 I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
7 How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah
I would hurry to my shelter, far from this raging tempest.”
9 O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I would hurry to my shelter, far from this raging tempest.”
- KJV
- I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
- WEB
- “I would hurry to a shelter from the stormy wind and storm.”
- ASV
- I would haste me to a shelter From the stormy wind and tempest.
- DARBY
- I would hasten my escape from the stormy wind, from the tempest.
- BLB
- I would hurry to shelter for myself, from the rushing wind, from the tempest.”
- ÅB
- Jeg ville i hast søke meg et tilfluktssted for den rasende vind, for stormen.
- OTB
- Jeg ville skynde meg til mitt tilfluktssted
Fra den stormfulle vinden og det voldsomme uværet.” - B1930
- Jeg vilde i hast søke mig et tilfluktssted for den rasende vind, for stormen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 4:6
a shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and the rain.
Read in contextMatthew 7:25–27
The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.
Read in contextPsalms 18:4
The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
Read in contextIsaiah 17:12–13
Alas, the tumult of many peoples; they rage like the roaring seas and clamoring nations; they rumble like the crashing of mighty waters.
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