Psalms 55:7
Beholde, I woulde take my flight farre off, and lodge in the wildernes. Selah.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 doue: then would I flie away and rest.
8Hee would make haste for my deliuerance from the stormie winde and tempest.
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:14Then Dauid sayd vnto all his seruants that were with him at Ierusalem, Vp, and let vs flee: for we shall not escape from Absalom: make speede to depart, lest he come suddenly and take vs, and bring euill vpon vs, and smite the citie with the edge of the sworde.
Proverbs 6:4Giue no sleepe to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Jeremiah 9:2Oh, that I had in the wildernes a cottage of wayfaring men, that I might leaue my people, and go from them: for they be all adulterers and an assembly of rebels,
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 →