Psa 55:8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm [and] tempest. Ver. 8. I would hasten my escape from the windy storm, &c. ] I would thrust my ship into any creek in the whole world, go as far as my legs, nay, wings, could carry me. Of the swiftness of the dove’s flight, see Plin. l. 10, c. 37; and how David hastened his flight from Absalom, see 2 Samuel 15:14 . read more
Fearfulness: Psalms 119:120, 2 Samuel 15:14, Job 6:4, Job 23:15, Job 23:16 horror: Psalms 42:6, Psalms 61:2, Psalms 88:15, Psalms 88:16, Luke 22:44 overwhelmed: Heb. covered Reciprocal: Genesis 27:33 - trembled very exceedingly Genesis 32:7 - greatly Job 3:17 - the wicked Psalms 42:5 - Why art thou cast down Psalms 56:3 - General Psalms 77:3 - spirit Psalms 102:4 - heart Psalms 143:4 - is my spirit Proverbs 18:14 - but Isaiah 24:5 - broken Ezekiel 7:18 - and horror read more
Psalms 11:1, Psalms 139:9, Revelation 12:14 Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 20:38 - General Proverbs 21:19 - better Ecclesiastes 4:3 - who Jeremiah 9:2 - that I had Jeremiah 48:9 - wings Jeremiah 48:28 - like read more
1 Samuel 27:1, 2 Samuel 15:14, 2 Samuel 17:21, 2 Samuel 17:22, Proverbs 6:4, Proverbs 6:5, Jeremiah 9:2, Jeremiah 37:12 Reciprocal: Psalms 11:1 - Flee Proverbs 21:19 - better Jeremiah 48:28 - like read more
the windy storm: From the sweeping wind and tempest, - Absalom and his rebellious party. Psalms 18:4, Isaiah 17:12, Isaiah 17:13, Matthew 7:25-Daniel : Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 17:16 - but speedily Job 40:23 - hasteth read more
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.Tempest — From the force and fury of mine enemies. read more
5. Horror A rare word, translated trembling, Job 21:6; fearfulness, Isaiah 21:4; and horror, Ezekiel 7:18. Overwhelmed me Septuagint, darkness has enveloped me. The psalmist was involved in doubt and apprehension. Thus far the inward commotion of his mind gives itself utterance. The next three verses voice not only his desire of present safety, but the longings of his heart to escape the turmoil of political strife and the fury of human passions. read more
6. Wings like a dove The “dove” is here alluded to, not only because it was strong and swift of wing, (Isaiah 60:8; Genesis 8:8-12,) in its wild state choosing its quiet abode in the clefts of the rocks, (Songs of Solomon Psalm 2:14; Jeremiah 48:28,) but for its proverbial purity, innocence and love, (Song of Solomon 5:2,) which made it a favourite bird in the Hebrew sacrifices. Genesis 15:9; Leviticus 1:14; Leviticus 5:7-11. Be at rest One word in the Hebrew, signifying to abide, to... read more
7. Remain Another word of the same signification as abide, be at rest, Psalms 55:6. Compare Jeremiah 9:2. Of the thirty-eight years of David’s public life twenty six had been disturbed and embittered by the persecutions of Saul; by the rivalry and civil war of Ishbosheth, Saul’s son; by foreign wars with the Syrian and Arabian nations; and by the conduct and conspiracies of Absalom. read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 55:7
Psa 55:7 Lo, [then] would I wander far off, [and] remain in the wilderness. Selah. Ver. 7. Lo, then would I wander far off ] Far from the force and fury of these breathing devils. Jeremiah wisheth the like, as being tired out by the ungodly practices of his countrymen, Psalms 9:2 . And many a dear child of God, forced to be in bad company, cries, Oh that I had the wings, &c. Or if that Oh will not set him at liberty, he takes up that Woe, to express his misery, Woe is me, that I sojourn in... read more