Psalms 55:8 (GNV)

Passage

Hee would make haste for my deliuerance from the stormie winde and tempest.

Nearby Context

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.

Psalms 55:10 Day and night they goe about it vpon the walles thereof: both iniquitie and mischiefe are in the middes of it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "make", "haste", "deliuerance", "stormie", "winde", and "tempest". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "make" and "haste", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "Beholde I woulde take my flight farre..." into verse 9's "Destroy O Lord and deuide their tongues...", so "make" and "haste" 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 "make" and "haste" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.