Psalms 55:8
And I said: Who will give me wings like a dove, and I will fly and be at rest?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
In Context
7Fear and trembling are come upon me: and darkness hath covered me.
9Lo, I have gone far off flying away; and I abode in the wilderness.
Cross References
Psalms 18:4Praising I will call upon the Lord: and I shall be saved from my enemies.
Isaiah 17:12Woe to the multitude of many people, like the multitude of the roaring sea: and the tumult of crowds, like the noise of many waters.
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 →