Psalms 55:6
And I said, O that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
In Context
5Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
7Lo, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah.
Cross References
Psalms 139:9If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the outermost parts of the sea,
Revelation 12:14And two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she might fly into the wilderness to her place. So that she might be nourished there for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 55:2-9
Supplications of David in Distress. 1 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication. 2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; 3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me. 4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. 5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. 6 And I said, Oh that I had wings… Read the whole commentary →