Psalms 55:8
הִנֵּה אַרְחִיק נְדֹד אָלִין בַּמִּדְבָּר סֶֽלָה ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
In Context
7וָאֹמַר מִֽי ־ יִתֶּן ־ לִּי אֵבֶר כַּיּוֹנָה אָעוּפָה וְאֶשְׁכֹּֽנָה ׃
9אָחִישָׁה מִפְלָט לִי מֵרוּחַ סֹעָה מִסָּֽעַר ׃
Cross References
Psalms 18:4מְהֻלָּל אֶקְרָא יְהוָה וּמִן ־ אֹיְבַי אִוָּשֵֽׁעַ ׃
Isaiah 17:12הוֹי הֲמוֹן עַמִּים רַבִּים כַּהֲמוֹת יַמִּים יֶהֱמָיוּן וּשְׁאוֹן לְאֻמִּים כִּשְׁאוֹן מַיִם כַּבִּירִים יִשָּׁאֽוּן ׃
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 →