Psalms 55:6 · KJV
“And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! {for then} would I fly away, and be at rest.”
— Psalms 55:6
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. {overwhelmed: Heb. covered}
Lo, {then} would I wander far off, {and} remain in the wilderness. Selah.
Psalms 55 — Context
My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
5Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. {overwhelmed: Heb. covered}
6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! {for then} would I fly away, and be at rest.
7Lo, {then} would I wander far off, {and} remain in the wilderness. Selah.
8I would hasten my escape from the windy storm {and} tempest.
Cross References
Psalms 11:1
[To the chief Musician, {A Psalm} of David.] In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee {as} a bird to your mountain?
Revelation 12:14
And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
Psalms 139:9
{If} I take the wings of the morning, {and} dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;