Psalms 55:6
4 My heart murmurs within me, and the terrors of death assail me.
5 Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
7 How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah
8 I would hurry to my shelter, far from this raging tempest.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
- KJV
- And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
- WEB
- I said, “Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest.
- ASV
- And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest.
- DARBY
- And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away, and be at rest;
- BLB
- And I said, “Who shall give to me a wing like a dove, [that] I might fly away and be at rest—
- ÅB
- Og jeg sier: Gid jeg hadde vinger som duen! Da ville jeg fly bort og feste bo.
- OTB
- Jeg sa: “Å, om jeg hadde vinger som en due!
Jeg ville fly bort og finne hvile. - B1930
- Og jeg sier: Gid jeg hadde vinger som duen! Da vilde jeg flyve bort og feste bo.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 11:1
In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!
Read in contextRevelation 12:14
But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.
Read in contextPsalms 139:9
If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,
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