Psalm 55:7 - Catholic Public Domain Version They will dwell and hide themselves. They will watch my heel, just as they waited for my soul; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Lo, then would I wander far off, And remain in the wilderness. Selah. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Yes, I would wander far away, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! American Standard Version (1901) Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. [Selah Common English Bible I’d run so far away! I’d live in the desert. Selah Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They will dwell and hide themselves: they will watch my heel. As they have waited for my soul, English Standard Version 2016 yes, I would wander far away; I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah |
And David said to his servants, who were with him in Jerusalem: "Rise up, let us flee! For otherwise there will be no escape for us from the face of Absalom. Hurry to depart, lest perhaps, upon arriving, he may seize us, and force ruin upon us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword."
And when he had arrived at the gate of Benjamin, the keeper of the gate, whose turn it was to be there, was named Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah. And he apprehended Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "You are fleeing to the Chaldeans."
"Who will provide water for my head, and a fount of tears for my eyes? And then I will weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people.
Who will provide me, in the wilderness, with a lodging place along the road? And then I will forsake my people, and withdraw from them. For they are all adulterers, a union of transgressors.
And David said in his heart: "At some time, I will one day fall into the hands of Saul. Is it not better if I flee, and be saved in the land of the Philistines, so that Saul may despair and cease to seek me in all the parts of Israel? Therefore, I will flee away from his hands."