Psalms 55:8

Psalms 55:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
• New International Version (NIV)I would hurry to my place of shelter, far from the tempest and storm.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)I would hurry to find a shelter from the raging wind and tempest."
• New King James Version (NKJV)I would hasten my escape From the windy storm and tempest.”

Context of Psalms 55:8

6And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. 7I would wander far away, I would lodge in the [peace of the] wilderness. Selah. I would hurry to my refuge [my tranquil shelter far away] From the stormy wind and from the tempest.” 9Confuse [my enemies], O Lord, divide their tongues [destroying their schemes], For I have seen violence and strife in the city. 10Day and night they go around her walls; Wickedness and mischief are in her midst.

Psalms 55:8 word by word

אָחִ֣ישָׁה מִפְלָ֣ט לִ֑י מֵר֖וּחַ סֹעָ֣ה מִסָּֽעַר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I would hastenחוּשׁchûsh · to hastenH2363
• my escapeמִפְלָטmiphlâţ · escapeH4655
• from the windyרוּחַrûach · spirit: breathH7307
• stormסָעָהsâ‛âh · to rushH5584
• tempestסַ֫עַרsa‛ar se‛ârâh · tempestH5591

Cross-references for Psalms 55:8

• Psalms 18:4The cords of death surrounded me, And the streams of ungodliness and torrents of destruction terrified me.
• Isaiah 17:12Oh, the uproar of many peoples Who roar like the roaring of the seas, And the noise of nations Who roar like the rumbling of mighty waters!
• Matthew 7:25And the rain fell, and the floods and torrents came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.

Commentaries on Psalms 55:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8The windy storm - From the sweeping wind and tempest - Absalom and his party and the mutinous people in general.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8I would hasten my escape - I would make haste to secure an escape. I would not delay, but I would flee at once. From the windy storm and tempest - From the calamities which have come upon me, and which beat upon me like a violent tempest. If this psalm was composed on occasion of the rebellion of Absalom, it is easy to see with what propriety tiffs language is used. The troubles connected with that unnatural rebellion had burst upon him with the fury of a…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-8In the experience of deep anguish, the psalmist confesses that his adversity has become unbearable and he seeks an escape.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-87-8. Even a wilderness is a safer place than exposure to such evils, terrible as storm and tempest.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 55:8

• Afflictions and Adversities

In the dictionaries

• Counsel
• Dove
• Equal
• Escape
• Hasted
• Neginoth
• Psalms
• Psalms, Book of
• Maschil
• strife, disputes, quarrel, arguing, conflict

Commentaries on Psalms 55

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings