A moment in scripture
Psalms 55:7
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Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
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The surrounding passage
- Psalms 55:5
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
- Psalms 55:6
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
- Psalms 55:8
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
- Psalms 55:9
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.