Psalms 55:7

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I said, 'Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.'

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  • Jer 9:2 : 2 They bend their tongues like a bow to shoot lies, not for truth do they grow strong in the land; they go from one evil to another, and they do not know me, declares the Lord.
  • Jer 37:12 : 12 Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to claim his share of property among the people.
  • 1 Sam 27:1 : 1 David said to himself, "One day I will perish at the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up looking for me throughout the territory of Israel, and I will be safe from him."
  • 2 Sam 15:14 : 14 David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, 'Arise, let us flee, or there will be no escape for us from Absalom. Hurry and leave, or he will quickly overtake us, bring disaster upon us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.'
  • 2 Sam 17:21-22 : 21 After they had left, the two men came up out of the well. They went and informed King David, saying, 'Get up and cross the river quickly, because this is what Ahithophel has advised against you.' 22 So David and all the people with him arose and crossed the Jordan. By daybreak, not a single one was left who had not crossed the Jordan.
  • Prov 6:4-5 : 4 Do not allow sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids. 5 Free yourself like a gazelle from the trap, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

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  • Ps 55:5-6
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    5My heart trembles within me, and the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

    6Fear and trembling have come upon me, and horror has overwhelmed me.

  • Ps 55:8
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    8See, I would flee far away; I would stay in the wilderness forever. Selah.

  • Ps 120:5
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    5Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, and live among the tents of Kedar.

  • Ps 102:6-7
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    6Because of my groaning, my bones cling to my flesh.

    7I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

  • Ps 61:4
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    4For You have been a refuge for me, a strong tower against the enemy.

  • Ps 11:1
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    1For the director of music. Of David: I have taken refuge in the LORD. How can you say to me, "Flee like a bird to your mountain"?

  • Jer 9:2
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    2They bend their tongues like a bow to shoot lies, not for truth do they grow strong in the land; they go from one evil to another, and they do not know me, declares the Lord.

  • Ps 139:7
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    7Where can I go from Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?

  • Ps 57:1
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    1To the chief musician: Do not destroy. A miktam of David, when he fled from Saul into the cave.

  • Ps 139:9
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    9If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,

  • Jonah 2:4-5
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    4You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the currents surrounded me. All Your waves and breakers swept over me.

    5I said, 'I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.'

  • Job 14:13
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    13If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If you would set me a time and then remember me!

  • Job 7:15-16
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    15I prefer strangling and death rather than this body of mine.

    16I despise my life; I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

  • Ps 68:7
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    7God sets the lonely in families; He releases the prisoners with gladness, but the rebellious live in a scorched land.

  • Prov 27:8
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    8Like a bird that wanders from its nest is a man who wanders from his place.

  • Ps 143:4
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    4My spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart is appalled inside me.

  • Job 23:3
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    3If only I knew where to find him, so that I might come to his dwelling.

  • Job 5:8
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    8But I would seek God and place my cause before the Almighty.

  • Job 7:11
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    11Therefore, I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

  • Ps 27:5
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    5For He will hide me in His shelter on the day of trouble. He will conceal me in the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.

  • Jer 8:18
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    18My grief is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.

  • Job 3:13
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    13For now I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept, then I would be at rest.

  • Ps 77:2-3
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    2My voice cries out to God, and I will call aloud; my voice reaches God, and He listens to me.

    3In the day of my trouble, I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out at night and did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.

  • Ps 109:23
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    23I am fading away like a shadow at sunset; I am shaken off like a locust.

  • Isa 38:14-15
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    14I chirp like a swift or a crane, I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look to the heavens. Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.

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  • Job 23:5
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    5I would know the words he would answer me with and understand what he would say to me.

  • Job 10:20
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    20Are not my days few? Leave me alone, so I may have a moment of relief.

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    6I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah.

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    19Will you never look away from me or leave me alone till I swallow my spit?

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    25I looked, and there were no people; every bird in the sky had flown away.

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    6Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let Your glory be over all the earth.

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    7There the upright could reason with him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.

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    4When my spirit grows faint within me, You know my path. In the way where I walk, they have hidden a trap for me.

  • Lam 3:17
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    17My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.

  • Mic 7:1
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    1Woe is me, for I am like those gathering summer fruit, like those gleaning after the harvest; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that my soul desires.

  • Ps 31:22
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    22Blessed be the LORD, for he has shown his wondrous love to me in a fortified city.

  • Ps 7:5
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    5if I have repaid my friend with evil or have plundered my enemy without cause,

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    28I walk in mourning without sunlight; I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.

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    15If I had spoken out like that, I would have betrayed Your children.

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    5until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.'

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    17For I said, "Lest they rejoice over me; when my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me."