Psalm 55:7 - The Scriptures 2009

⁷ “See, I would wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ Lo, then would I wander far off, And remain in the wilderness. Selah.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Yes, I would wander far away, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. [Selah

Common English Bible

⁷ I’d run so far away! I’d live in the desert. Selah

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ They will dwell and hide themselves. They will watch my heel, just as they waited for my soul;

Psalm 55:7 Cross References

2 Samuel 15:14

And Dawiḏ said to all his servants who were with him at Yerushalayim, “Rise up, and let us flee, for none of us shall escape from Aḇshalom. Go in haste, lest he overtake us quickly and bring evil upon us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”

Jeremiah 37:12

that Yirmeyahu went out of Yerushalayim to go into the land of Binyamin to receive his portion there in the midst of the people.

Jeremiah 9:1

Oh, that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, and I would weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

Jeremiah 9:2

Oh, that I had in the wilderness a lodging place for wayfaring men, and I would leave my people, and go from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

1 Samuel 27:1

And Dawiḏ said in his heart, “Now I shall perish by the hand of Sha’ul, some day. There is naught better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Sha’ul shall give up searching for me any longer in any part of Yisra’ĕl, and I shall escape out of his hand.”