Psalms 55:7 · KJV
“Lo, {then} would I wander far off, {and} remain in the wilderness. Selah.”
— Psalms 55:7
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! {for then} would I fly away, and be at rest.
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm {and} tempest.
Psalms 55 — Context
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. {overwhelmed: Heb. covered}
6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! {for then} would I fly away, and be at rest.
7Lo, {then} would I wander far off, {and} remain in the wilderness. Selah.
8I would hasten my escape from the windy storm {and} tempest.
9Destroy, O Lord, {and} divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Cross References
Jeremiah 9:2
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.
2 Samuel 15:14
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. {bring: Heb. thrust}
Jeremiah 37:12
Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people. {separate...: or, to slip away from thence in the midst of the people}
Proverbs 6:4-5
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
2 Samuel 17:21-22
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.
1 Samuel 27:1
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. {perish: Heb. be consumed}