Psalms 55:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah”
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BSBPD
“How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. [Selah”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Lo, I move far off, I lodge in a wilderness. Selah.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 55:7 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 27:1David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will 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 stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”
- 2 Samuel 15:14And David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and put the city to the sword.”
- 2 Samuel 17:21After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”
- Proverbs 6:4Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
- Jeremiah 9:1Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
- Jeremiah 9:2If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.
- Jeremiah 37:12Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to claim his portion there among the people.
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