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Psalms 55:6
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Psalms 55:6
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I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and be at rest.
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Psalms 55:6 in Other Translations
KJV
6
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
ESV
6
And I say, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest;
NLT
6
Oh, that I had wings like a dove; then I would fly away and rest!
MSG
6
"Who will give me wings," I ask - "wings like a dove?" Get me out of here on dove wings;
CSB
6
I said, "If only I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
Psalms 55:6 In-Context
4
My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen on me.
5
Fear and trembling have beset me; horror has overwhelmed me.
6
I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and be at rest.
7
I would flee far away and stay in the desert;
8
I would hurry to my place of shelter, far from the tempest and storm.”
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