Psalms 55:8
(55:9) I would prepare hastily a refuge for me from the sweeping wind [and] from storm.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
In Context
7(55:8) Lo, I would flee far away, I would spend my night in the wilderness. Selah.
9(55:10) Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongue; for I have seen violence and strife in the city;
Cross References
Psalms 18:4(18:5) The bonds of death encompassed me, and the floods of destruction made me afraid.
Isaiah 17:12Woe to the raging of many people, who rage like the raging of the seas; and to the noise of nations, that make a noise like the roar 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 →