Psalms 55:8
(55-9) I would haste me to a shelter from the stormy wind and tempest.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
In Context
7(55-8) Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah
9(55-10) Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue; for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Cross References
Psalms 18:4(18-5) The cords of Death compassed me, and the floods of Belial assailed me.
Isaiah 17:12Ah, the uproar of many peoples, that roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!
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 →