Verse List for PSA 55:7

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B I ◄ ← Psa 55:7 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) See, then I would wander far away. ⇔ ≈ I would stay in the wilderness. (Instrumental break.)

OET-LV [fn] HERE I _want _to _be _far _away to _flee I _want _to _lodge in_wilderness Şelāh.

ULT Behold, I would make distance, wandering; ⇔  I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah

UST If I could, I would go far away ⇔  and stay in a desolate area. Selah

BSB & MSB How far away I would flee! ⇔  In the wilderness I would remain. Selah

OEB I would wander far away, ⇔  find refuge in the wilderness. Selah

WEBBE & WMBB Behold, then I would wander far off. ⇔  I would lodge in the wilderness.” Selah.

NET Look, I will escape to a distant place; ⇔ I will stay in the wilderness. (Selah)

LSV Behold, I move far off,
I lodge in a wilderness. Selah.

FBV I would fly far away to escape, and stay in the wilderness. Selah.

T4T I would fly far away ⇔  and live in the desert.
⇔  (Think about that!)

LEB • Look, I would flee far away.
• I would dwell in the wilderness. Selah

BBE I would go wandering far away, living in the waste land. (Selah.)

Moff Fain would I fly from it all ⇔  and live in the desert;

JPS (55-8) Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah

ASV Lo, then would I wander far off, ⇔ I would lodge in the wilderness. [Selah

DRA They will dwell and hide themselves: they will watch my heel. As they have waited for my soul,

YLT Lo, I move far off, I lodge in a wilderness. Selah.

Drby Behold, I would flee afar off, I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah;

RV Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah

SLT Behold, I will move far off; fleeing away I will lodge in the desert. Silence.

Wbstr Lo, then I would wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.

KJB-1769 Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.

KJB-1611 Loe, then would I wander farre off, and remaine in the wildernesse. Selah.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Lo, then woulde I fleeing get me away farre of: and remayne in the wyldernesse. Selah.
(Lo, then would I fleeing get me away far of: and remain in the wilderness. Selah.)

Gnva Beholde, I woulde take my flight farre off, and lodge in the wildernes. Selah.
(Behold, I would take my flight far off, and lodge in the wilderness. Selah.)

Cvdl Sela. I wolde make haist to escape, from the stormy wynde and tempest.
(Sela. I would make haste to escape, from the stormy wind and tempest.)

Wycl Thei schulen dwelle, and schulen hide; thei schulen aspie myn heele.
(They should dwell, and should hide; they should aspie mine heel.)

Luth Ich sprach: O, hätte ich Flügel wie Tauben, daß ich flöge und etwa bliebe!
(I spoke: O, would_have I wing as/like pigeons, that I flew and approximately would_remain!)

ClVg Inhabitabunt, et abscondent; ipsi calcaneum meum observabunt. Sicut sustinuerunt animam meam,[fn]
(Inthey_will_live, and abscondent; themselves heel mine observabunt. Like they_endured the_soul of_mine,)

UHB 8 הִ֭נֵּה אַרְחִ֣יק נְדֹ֑ד אָלִ֖ין בַּ⁠מִּדְבָּ֣ר סֶֽלָה׃ ‡

BrLXX Παροικήσουσι καὶ κατακρύψουσιν αὐτοὶ, τὴν πτέρναν μου φυλάξουσι· καθάπερ ὑπέμεινα τῇ ψυχῇ μου.

BrTr They will dwell near and hide themselves; they will watch my steps, accordingly as I have waited patiently in my soul.