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Psalms 55:8

Psalms chapter 55 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

I would haste me to a shelter From the stormy wind and tempest.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

I would haste me to a shelter From the stormy wind and tempest.

Context

v.7Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. [Selah

v.8This passage

v.9Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue; For I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 4:6

    And there shall be a pavilion for a shade in the day-time from the heat, and for a refuge and for a covert from storm and from rain.

  • Psalms 18:4

    The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

  • Matthew 7:25

    and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon the rock.

  • Isaiah 17:12

    Ah, the uproar of many peoples, that roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!