Psalms 55:6
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a doue: then would I flie away and rest.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
5Feare and trembling are come vpon mee, and an horrible feare hath couered me.
7Beholde, I woulde take my flight farre off, and lodge in the wildernes. Selah.
Cross References
Psalms 139:9Let mee take the winges of the morning, and dwell in the vttermost parts of the sea:
Revelation 12:14But to the woman were giuen two wings of a great eagle, that she might flie into the wildernes, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and halfe a time, from the presence 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 →