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!

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  • Revelation 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 context
  • Psalms 139:9

    If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,

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