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Psalm 55:8

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

6I said, “Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest.
7Behold, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness.” Selah.
8“I would hurry to a shelter from the stormy wind and storm.”
9Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10Day and night they prowl around on its walls. Malice and abuse are also within her.
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Notice

The wish to hurry toward shelter captures the urgency of wanting distance from trouble, while the surrounding lines name violence and strife in the city.

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Where else Scripture says this

6 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Isaiah 4:6There will be a pavilion for a shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a refuge and for a shelter from storm and from rain.Both passages speak of shelter from a storm; the psalm expresses a wish, while Isaiah describes shelter that will be provided.
Matthew 7:25–27The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it didn’t fall, for it was founded on the rock.Wind and storm threaten in both texts; David longs for shelter, while the house founded on rock withstands the weather.
2 Samuel 17:16Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, ‘Don’t lodge tonight at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over, lest the king be swallowed …Both texts convey urgency about escaping danger, through David’s wish to hurry to shelter and a warning that he must move.
Job 40:23Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn’t tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.Both use threatening weather or water, though David longs to escape while Job describes a creature unafraid of an overflowing river.
Psalm 18:4The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.Both psalms use dangerous natural forces to describe distress: stormy wind here and frightening floods of ungodliness in Psalm 18.
Isaiah 17:12–13Ah, the uproar of many peoples who roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!Both passages connect turbulent natural forces with human turmoil, through a storm near descriptions of violence and nations compared to rushing waters.
Where this verse fits

Anxiety or panic. injustice and anger. fear for the future.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Tell God where you long for shelter

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Encouragement

When you long to get away, that longing can be spoken to God. David’s prayer includes an urgent wish for shelter while the danger remains unresolved.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).