VERSE STUDY • KJV

Psalm 55:6

And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! [for then] would I fly away, and be at rest.

Read it in 5 translations

And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! [for then] would I fly away, and be at rest.

I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.

I said, “Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest.

And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest.

And I say, ‘Who doth give to me a pinion as a dove? I fly away and rest,

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 like a dove! [for then] would I fly away, and be at rest.

7 Lo, [then] would I wander far off, [and] remain in the wilderness. Selah.

8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm [and] tempest.

9 Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

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HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION

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