Psalms 55:7 (GNV)

Passage

Beholde, I woulde take my flight farre off, and lodge in the wildernes. Selah.

Nearby Context

Psalms 55:5 Feare and trembling are come vpon mee, and an horrible feare hath couered me.

Psalms 55:6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a doue: then would I flie away and rest.

Psalms 55:7 Beholde, I woulde take my flight farre off, and lodge in the wildernes. Selah.

Psalms 55:8 Hee would make haste for my deliuerance from the stormie winde and tempest.

Psalms 55:9 Destroy, O Lord, and deuide their tongues: for I haue seene crueltie and strife in the citie.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "light", "beholde", "woulde", "take", "flight", "farre", "lodge", and "wildernes". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "light" and "beholde", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "And I said Oh that I had..." into verse 8's "Hee would make haste for my deliuerance...", so "light" and "beholde" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "light" and "beholde" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.