Psalms 55:6
I said, “Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
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 on me. Horror has overwhelmed me.
7Behold, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness.” Selah.
Cross References
Psalms 139:9If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea,
Revelation 12:14Two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, so that she might be nourished for a time, 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 →