Psalms 55:7
Lo! I would take a distant flight, I would tarry in the wilderness. [Selah.]
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
In Context
6Then I said—Oh that there were given me a pinion, like a dove, I would fly away and be at rest:
8I would hasten mine escape, From rushing wind, from storm.
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:14Then said David, to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem—Arise and let us flee, or we shall have no way of escape from the face of Absolom,—make speed to depart, lest he make speed, and so overtake us, and bring down misfortune upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.
Proverbs 6:4Do not give sleep to thine eyes, or slumber to thine eyelashes;
Jeremiah 9:2Oh that I had in the wilderness, a wayfarers’ lodge, That I might leave my people, and go from them,—For they all, are Adulterers, An assemblage of traitors;
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 →