Psalm 55:7 {54:8}
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Lo, I have gone far off flying away; and I abode in the wilderness.

1 Samuel 27:1 And David said in his heart: I shall one day or other fall into the hands of Saul: is it not better for me to flee, and to be saved in the land of the Philistines, that Saul may despair of me, and cease to seek me in all the coasts of Israel? I will flee then out of his hands.

2 Samuel 15:14 And David said to his servants, that were with him in Jerusalem: Arise and let us flee: for we shall not escape else from the face of Absalom: make haste to go out, lest he come and overtake us, and bring ruin upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.

2 Samuel 17:21,22 And when they were gone, they came up out of the well, and going on told king David, and said: Arise, and pass quickly over the river: for this manner of counsel has Achitophel given against you. . . .

Proverbs 6:4,5 Deliver thyself as a doe from the hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. . . .

Jeremiah 9:2 Who will give me in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men, and I will leave my people, and depart from them? because they are all adulterers, an assembly of transgressors.

Jeremiah 37:12 And when he was come to the gate of Benjamin, the captain of the gate, who was there in his turn, was one named Jerias, the son of Selemias, the son of Hananias: and he took hold of Jeremiah the prophet, saying: Thou art fleeing to the Chaldeans.

Context
Cast Your Burden upon the LORD
6And I said: Who will give me wings like a dove, and I will fly and be at rest? 7Lo, I have gone far off flying away; and I abode in the wilderness.8I waited for him that hath saved me from pusillanimity of spirit, and a storm.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:14
But David abode in the desert in strong holds, and he remained in a mountain of the desert of Ziph, in a woody hill. And Saul sought him always: but the Lord delivered him not into his hands.

Jeremiah 9:2
Who will give me in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men, and I will leave my people, and depart from them? because they are all adulterers, an assembly of transgressors.

Lexicon
How
הִ֭נֵּה (hin·nêh)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2009: Lo! behold!

far away
אַרְחִ֣יק (’ar·ḥîq)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7368: To be or become far or distant

I would flee;
נְדֹ֑ד (nə·ḏōḏ)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 5074: To wave to and fro, to rove, flee, to drive away

in the wilderness
בַּמִּדְבָּ֣ר (bam·miḏ·bār)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech

I would remain.
אָלִ֖ין (’ā·lîn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3885: To stop, to stay permanently, to be obstinate

Selah
סֶֽלָה׃ (se·lāh)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 5542: Suspension, pause


Additional Translations
How far away I would flee; in the wilderness I would remain. SelahSee, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.

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

Lo! I have fled afar off, and lodged in the wilderness. Pause.

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

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

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

Behold, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness." Selah.

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