Psalms 55:7
Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
In Context
6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest.
8I would haste me to a shelter From the stormy wind and tempest.
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:14And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for else none of us shall escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring down evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.
Proverbs 6:4Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;
Jeremiah 9:2Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 55:2-9
Supplications of David in Distress. 1 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication. 2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; 3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me. 4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. 5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. 6 And I said, Oh that I had wings… Read the whole commentary →