Psalms 55:7

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain 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 be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
  • Jer 37:12 : 12 Then emiah went forth out of usalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence 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 speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast 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 we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring 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 said unto David, Arise, 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 Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over 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! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.

  • 8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.

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

  • Ps 102:6-7
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    6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.

    7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.

  • 4 I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.

  • 1 To the chief Musician, A alm of David. In the LORD put I my trust: 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 be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

  • 7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

  • 1 To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my 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 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

    5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

  • 13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, 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 my life.

    16 I loathe it; 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 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 time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

  • 18 When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.

  • 13 For now should I have lain still 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 sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.

    3 I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was 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 crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

    15 What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in 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 shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

  • 6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

  • 27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:

  • 19 How long wilt thou not depart 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 ste; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.

  • 7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

  • 4 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared 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 grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.

  • 22 For 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 persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

  • 28 I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.

  • 15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

  • 4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.

  • 5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.

  • 17 For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.