Psalms 55:7

American Standard Version (1901)

Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. {{Selah

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 9:2 : 2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
  • Jer 37:12 : 12 then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the midst of the people.
  • 1 Sam 27:1 : 1 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
  • 2 Sam 15:14 : 14 And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for else none of us shall escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring down evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.
  • 2 Sam 17:21-22 : 21 And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said unto David, Arise ye, and pass quickly over the water; for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you. 22 Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over the Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over the Jordan.
  • Prov 6:4-5 : 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids; 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 55:5-6
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    5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, And horror hath overwhelmed me.

    6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest.

  • 8 I would haste me to a shelter From the stormy wind and tempest.

  • 5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

  • Ps 102:6-7
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    6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.

    7 I watch, and am become like a sparrow That is alone upon the house-top.

  • 4 I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever: I will take refuge in the covert of thy wings. {{Selah

  • 1 [For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David]. In Jehovah do I take refuge: How say ye to my soul, Flee [as] a bird to your mountain;

  • 2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

  • 7 Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

  • 1 [For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam; when he fled from Saul, in the cave]. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me; For my soul taketh refuge in thee: Yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I take refuge, Until [these] calamities be overpast.

  • 9 If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

  • Jonah 2:4-5
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    4 And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes; Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

    5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head.

  • 13 Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

  • Job 7:15-16
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    15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than [these] my bones.

    16 I loathe [my life] ; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity.

  • 7 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, When thou didst march through the wilderness; {{Selah

  • 8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.

  • 4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate.

  • 3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!

  • 8 But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;

  • 11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

  • 5 For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion: In the covert of his tabernacle will he hide me; He will lift me up upon a rock.

  • 18 Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.

  • 13 For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest,

  • Ps 77:2-3
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    2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: My hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; My soul refused to be comforted.

    3 I remember God, and am disquieted: I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. {{Selah

  • 23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

  • Isa 38:14-15
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    14 Like a swallow [or] a crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; mine eyes fail [with looking] upward: O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.

    15 What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.

  • 5 I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would say unto me.

  • 20 Are not my days few? cease then, And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

  • 7 Thou art my hiding-place; Thou wilt preserve me from trouble; Thou wilt compass me about with songs of deliverance. {{Selah

  • 6 I spread forth my hands unto thee: My soul [thirsteth] after thee, as a weary land. {{Selah

  • 27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my [sad] countenance, and be of good cheer;

  • 19 How long wilt thou not look away from me, Nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

  • 25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

  • 6 They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. {{Selah

  • 7 There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

  • 4 Look on [my] right hand, and see; For there is no man that knoweth me: Refuge hath failed me; No man careth for my soul.

  • 17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgat prosperity.

  • 1 Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat; my soul desireth the first-ripe fig.

  • 22 As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications When I cried unto thee.

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    5 Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, And lay my glory in the dust. {{Selah

  • 28 I go mourning without the sun: I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.

  • 15 If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.

  • 4 They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; They found no city of habitation.

  • 5 Until I find out a place for Jehovah, A tabernacle for the Mighty One of Jacob.

  • 17 For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.