OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 8

Psalms 55:8

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“I would hurry to a shelter from the stormy wind and storm.”

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Psalms 55:8 in context

Psalms 55:5–11

5

Fearfulness and trembling have come on me.

Horror has overwhelmed me.

6

I said, “Oh that I had wings like a dove!

Then I would fly away, and be at rest.

7

Behold, then I would wander far off.

I would lodge in the wilderness.” Selah.

8
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“I would hurry to a shelter from the stormy wind and storm.”

9

Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language,

for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

10

Day and night they prowl around on its walls.

Malice and abuse are also within her.

11

Destructive forces are within her.

Threats and lies don’t depart from her streets.

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