Psalm 55:7 - Easy To Read Version I would go far, far away into the desert.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [327]})\i0 \par 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 Catholic Public Domain Version They will dwell and hide themselves. They will watch my heel, just as they waited for my soul; 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, |
Then David said to all of his officers who were with him in Jerusalem, “We must escape! {If we don’t escape}, then Absalom will not let us get away. Let’s hurry before Absalom catches us. He will destroy us all. And he will kill the people of Jerusalem.”
Jeremiah wanted to travel from Jerusalem to the land of Benjamin. {\cf2\super [320]} He was going there to attend a division of some property that belonged to his family.
If my head was filled with water,\par and if my eyes were a fountain of tears,\par I would cry day and night\par for my people that have been destroyed.\par
If only I had a place in the desert,\par a house where travelers spend the night,\par I could leave my people.\par I could go away from those people.\par Why? Because they are all unfaithful to God.\par They have all turned against him.\par
But David thought to himself, “Saul will catch me some day. The best thing I can do is to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up looking for me in Israel. That way I will escape from Saul.”