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Psalms 55:6
Psalms 55:6 is verse 6 of Psalms chapter 55, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
King James Version
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
World English Bible
I said, “Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest.
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Psalms 55:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible
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.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 11:1In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!
Psalms 139:9If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,
Revelation 12:14But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.