Psalms 55:7

Webster's Bible (1833)

Behold, then I would 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 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 David said to all his servants who 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 on us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.
  • 2 Sam 17:21-22 : 21 It happened, after they had departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said to David, Arise you, and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you. 22 Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they passed over the Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them who had not gone over the Jordan.
  • Prov 6:4-5 : 4 Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids. 5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, Like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

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

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

    7I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.

  • Ps 61:4
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    4I will dwell in your tent forever. I will take refuge in the shelter of your wings. Selah.

  • Ps 11:1
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    1> In Yahweh, I take refuge. How can you say to my soul, "Flee as a bird to your mountain!"

  • Jer 9:2
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    2Oh 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.

  • Ps 139:7
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    7Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence?

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    1> Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, For my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, Until disaster has passed.

  • Ps 139:9
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    9If I take the wings of the dawn, And settle in the uttermost parts of the sea;

  • Jonah 2:4-5
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    4I said, 'I have been banished from your sight; Yet I will look again toward your holy temple.'

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    13"Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, That you would keep me secret, until your wrath is past, That you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

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    15So that my soul chooses strangling, Death rather than my bones.

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    7God, when you went forth before your people, When you marched through the wilderness... Selah.

  • Prov 27:8
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    8As a bird that wanders from her nest, So is a man who wanders from his home.

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

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

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    8"But as for me, I would seek God, To God would I commit my cause;

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    5For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the covert of his tent he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.

  • Jer 8:18
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    18Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.

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

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    2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn't get tired. My soul refused to be comforted.

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    4Look on my right, and see; For there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul.

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    4They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in.

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    17For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me.