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Psalms 55:6
6So I say, ‘If I had wings to fly like a dove, I would fly away to a safe place.
Psalms 55:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
- New International Version (NIV)I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and be at rest.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And I say, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest;
- New King James Version (NKJV)So I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest.
Context of Psalms 55:6
4My heart beats fast inside me. Death seems very near, and I am very afraid. 5I am shaking with fear! My troubles are too much for me. So I say, ‘If I had wings to fly like a dove, I would fly away to a safe place. 7Yes! I would go far away, and I would live in the wilderness. Selah. 8I would go quickly to a safe place. The strong winds and storms of my enemies would not reach me there!’
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וָאֹמַ֗ר מִֽי־יִתֶּן־לִּ֣י אֵ֭בֶר כַּיּוֹנָ֗ה אָע֥וּפָה וְאֶשְׁכֹּֽנָה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 55:6
- Psalms 11:1I have run to the Lord to keep me safe. So do not say this to me: ‘Fly away like a bird to the hills!
- Psalms 139:9If I fly away to where the sun rises in the east, or to the other side of the sea in the west, you would be there.
- Revelation 12:14But the woman received the two wings of a very big eagle. Then she could fly to the place in the wilderness that God had prepared for her. In that place God would keep her safe from the big snake. God would take care of her there for a time, times and half a time.
Commentaries on Psalms 55:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6O that I had wings like a dove! - He was so surrounded, so hemmed in on every side by his adversaries, that he could see no way for his escape unless he had wings, and could take flight. The dove is a bird of very rapid wing; and some oil them passing before his eyes at the time, might have suggested the idea expressed here. And be at rest - Get a habitation.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6And I said - That is, when I saw these calamities coming upon me, and knew not what the result was to be. Oh, that I had wings like a dove! - literally, “Who will give me wings like a dove?” or, Who will give me the pinion of a dove? The original word - אבר 'êber - means properly, “a wing-feather;” a pinion; the penna major or flagfeather of a bird‘s wing by which he steers his course, - as of an eagle, Isaiah 40:31, or of a dove, as here. It is…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-8In the experience of deep anguish, the psalmist confesses that his adversity has become unbearable and he seeks an escape.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. be at rest--literally, "dwell," that is, permanently.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 55
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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