Psalms 55:7

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Look, I will escape to a distant place; I will stay in the wilderness.(Selah)

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 9:2 : 2 (9:1) I wish I had a lodging place in the wilderness where I could spend some time like a weary traveler. Then I would desert my people and walk away from them because they are all unfaithful to God, a congregation of people that has been disloyal to him.
  • Jer 37:12 : 12 Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the territory of Benjamin. He wanted to make sure he got his share of the property that was being divided up among his family there.
  • 1 Sam 27:1 : 1 David Aligns Himself with the Philistines David thought to himself,“One of these days I’m going to be swept away by the hand of Saul! There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of searching for me through all the territory of Israel and I will escape from his hand.”
  • 2 Sam 15:14 : 14 So David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem,“Come on! Let’s escape! Otherwise no one will be delivered from Absalom! Go immediately, or else he will quickly overtake us and bring disaster on us and kill the city’s residents with the sword.”
  • 2 Sam 17:21-22 : 21 After the men had left, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed out of the well. Then they left and informed King David. They advised David,“Get up and cross the stream quickly, for Ahithophel has devised a plan to catch you.” 22 So David and all the people who were with him got up and crossed the Jordan River. By dawn there was not one person left who had not crossed the Jordan.
  • Prov 6:4-5 : 4 Permit no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids. 5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a snare, and like a bird from the trap of the fowler.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 55:5-6
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    86%

    5Fear and panic overpower me; terror overwhelms me.

    6I say,“I wish I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and settle in a safe place!

  • Ps 55:8
    82%

    8I will hurry off to a place that is safe from the strong wind and the gale.”

  • Ps 120:5
    72%

    5How miserable I am! For I have lived temporarily in Meshech; I have resided among the tents of Kedar.

  • Ps 102:6-7
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    72%

    6I am like an owl in the wilderness; I am like a screech owl among the ruins.

    7I stay awake; I am like a solitary bird on a roof.

  • Ps 61:4
    71%

    4I will be a permanent guest in your home; I will find shelter in the protection of your wings.(Selah)

  • Ps 11:1
    71%

    1For the music director; by David. In the LORD I have taken shelter. How can you say to me,“Flee to a mountain like a bird!

  • Jer 9:2
    71%

    2(9:1) I wish I had a lodging place in the wilderness where I could spend some time like a weary traveler. Then I would desert my people and walk away from them because they are all unfaithful to God, a congregation of people that has been disloyal to him.

  • Ps 139:7
    70%

    7Where can I go to escape your Spirit? Where can I flee to escape your presence?

  • Ps 57:1
    70%

    1For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David, written when he fled from Saul into the cave. Have mercy on me, O God! Have mercy on me! For in you I have taken shelter. In the shadow of your wings I take shelter until trouble passes.

  • Ps 139:9
    70%

    9If I were to fly away on the wings of the dawn, and settle down on the other side of the sea,

  • Jonah 2:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4I thought I had been banished from your sight, that I would never again see your holy temple!

    5Water engulfed me up to my neck; the deep ocean surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.

  • Job 14:13
    70%

    13The Possibility of Another Life“O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!

  • Job 7:15-16
    2 verses
    69%

    15so that I would prefer strangling, and death more than life.

    16I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor!

  • Ps 68:7
    69%

    7O God, when you lead your people into battle, when you march through the wastelands,(Selah)

  • Prov 27:8
    69%

    8Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a person who wanders from his home.

  • Ps 143:4
    68%

    4My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.

  • Job 23:3
    68%

    3O that I knew where I might find him, that I could come to his place of residence!

  • Job 5:8
    68%

    8Blessings for the One Who Seeks God“But as for me, I would seek God, and to God I would set forth my case.

  • Job 7:11
    68%

    11Job Remonstrates with God“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.

  • Ps 27:5
    68%

    5He will surely give me shelter in the day of danger; he will hide me in his home; he will place me on an inaccessible rocky summit.

  • Jer 8:18
    68%

    18Then I said,“There is no cure for my grief! I am sick at heart!

  • Job 3:13
    68%

    13For now I would be lying down and would be quiet, I would be asleep and then at peace

  • Ps 77:2-3
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    68%

    2In my time of trouble I sought the Lord. I kept my hand raised in prayer throughout the night. I refused to be comforted.

    3I said,“I will remember God while I groan; I will think about him while my strength leaves me.”(Selah)

  • Ps 109:23
    68%

    23I am fading away like a shadow at the end of the day; I am shaken off like a locust.

  • Isa 38:14-15
    2 verses
    68%

    14Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp, I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. O Lord, I am oppressed; help me!

    15What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief.

  • Job 23:5
    68%

    5I would know with what words he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.

  • Job 10:20
    67%

    20Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

  • Ps 32:7
    67%

    7You are my hiding place; you protect me from distress. You surround me with shouts of joy from those celebrating deliverance.(Selah)

  • Ps 143:6
    67%

    6I spread my hands out to you in prayer; my soul thirsts for you in a parched land.(Selah)

  • Job 9:27
    67%

    27If I say,‘I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression and be cheerful,’

  • Job 7:19
    67%

    19Will you never look away from me, will you not let me alone long enough to swallow my spittle?

  • Jer 4:25
    67%

    25I looked and saw that there were no more people, and that all the birds in the sky had flown away.

  • Ps 57:6
    67%

    6They have prepared a net to trap me; I am discouraged. They have dug a pit for me. They will fall into it!(Selah)

  • Job 23:7
    67%

    7There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.

  • Ps 142:4
    67%

    4Look to the right and see! No one cares about me. I have nowhere to run; no one is concerned about my life.

  • Lam 3:17
    67%

    17I am deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.

  • Mic 7:1
    67%

    1Micah Laments Judah’s Sin Woe is me! For I am like those gathering fruit, and those harvesting grapes, when there is no grape cluster to eat, and no fresh figs that my stomach craves.

  • Ps 31:22
    67%

    22I jumped to conclusions and said,“I am cut off from your presence!” But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.

  • Ps 7:5
    67%

    5may an enemy relentlessly chase me and catch me; may he trample me to death and leave me lying dishonored in the dust.(Selah)

  • Job 30:28
    67%

    28I go about blackened, but not by the sun; in the assembly I stand up and cry for help.

  • Ps 73:15
    67%

    15If I had publicized these thoughts, I would have betrayed your people.

  • Ps 107:4
    66%

    4They wandered through the wilderness, in a wasteland; they found no road to a city in which to live.

  • Ps 132:5
    66%

    5until I find a place for the LORD, a fine dwelling place for the Powerful One of Jacob.”

  • Ps 38:17
    66%

    17For I am about to stumble, and I am in constant pain.