King James Version
Psalms 55:8 in the King James Version says “I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 55 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.”
Psalms 55:8 · KJV
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I would hasten”
H2363to hurry; figuratively, to be eager with excitement or enjoyment
“from the windy”
H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
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