King James Version (KJV) Authorized Version 1611
Read Full Chapter (Psalms 55) Psalms 55:8 KJV
"I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest."
Psalms 55:8 in Context (Verses 5–11 KJV)
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Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.*
6
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
7
Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
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I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
9
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
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Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.