Psalm 55:8 “I would hurry to my shelter, far from this raging tempest.””

Psalm 55:8

I would hurry to my shelter, far from this raging tempest.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

“I would hurry to a shelter from the stormy wind and storm.”

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Hee would make haste for my deliuerance from the stormie winde and tempest.

Darby Translation

I would hasten my escape from the stormy wind, from the tempest.

Young's Literal Translation

I hasten escape for myself, From a rushing wind, from a whirlwind.

Bible in Basic English

I would quickly take cover from the driving storm and from the violent wind.

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Cross references

“the windy storm”

Matthew 7:25–27 Psalm 18:4 Isaiah 17:12 Isaiah 17:13

Matthew 7:25–27 · BSB

The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.

Psalm 18:4 · BSB

The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.

Isaiah 17:12 · BSB

Alas, the tumult of many peoples; they rage like the roaring seas and clamoring nations; they rumble like the crashing of mighty waters.

Isaiah 17:13 · BSB

The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.

Also

Isaiah 4:6

Isaiah 4:6 · BSB

a shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and the rain.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah

9O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.

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