Psalms 55:7
\55:6\And I said, If only I had wings like a dove! for then I would go in flight from here and be at rest.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
In Context
6\55:5\Fear and shaking have come over me, with deep fear I am covered.
8\55:7\I would go wandering far away, living in the waste land. (Selah.)
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:14And David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, Come, let us go in flight, or not one of us will be safe from Absalom: let us go without loss of time, or he will overtake us quickly and send evil on us, and put the town to the sword.
Proverbs 6:4Give no sleep to your eyes, or rest to them;
Jeremiah 9:2If only I had in the waste land a night's resting-place for travellers, so that I might go away, far from my people! for they are all untrue, a band of false men.
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 →