Psalms 55:6
(55:7) And I said, Oh that some one would give me wings like a dove! I would fly away and dwell [quietly].
Leeser Tanakh
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
5(55:6) Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and shuddering hath covered me.
7(55:8) Lo, I would flee far away, I would spend my night in the wilderness. Selah.
Cross References
Psalms 139:9If I should lift up the wings of the morning-dawn, if I should dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:
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 →