Bible verse
I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
Psalm 55:6 · BSB
The verses around it, from Psalm 55.
2 Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught
3 at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they release disaster upon me and revile me in their anger.
4 My heart murmurs within me, and the terrors of death assail me.
5 Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
6 I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
7 How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah
8 I would hurry to my shelter, far from this raging tempest.”
9 O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.
KJV
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! [for then] would I fly away, and be at rest.
ASV
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest.
ERV
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! then would I fly away, and be at rest.
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