Psalms 55:8
I hasten escape for myself, From a rushing wind, from a whirlwind.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
In Context
7Lo, I move far off, I lodge in a wilderness. Selah.
9Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, For I saw violence and strife in a city.
Cross References
Psalms 18:4Compassed me have cords of death, And streams of the worthless make me afraid.
Isaiah 17:12Woe [to] the multitude of many peoples, As the sounding of seas they sound; And [to] the wasting of nations, As the wasting of mighty waters they are wasted.
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 →