6I said, "Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and be at rest-


In Context

3 at the voice of the enemy, at the stares of the wicked; for they bring down suffering upon me and revile me in their anger.

4 My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death assail 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; Selah

8 I would hurry to my place of shelter, far from the tempest and storm."

Psalms 55:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

55:6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! [for then] would I fly away, and be at rest.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

55:6And I said: Who will give me wings like a dove, and I will fly and be at rest?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

55:6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

55:6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away, and be at rest;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

55:6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! then would I fly away, and be at rest.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

55:6And I said, O that I had wings like a dove! for then I would fly away, and be at rest.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

55:6I said, |Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

55:6And I say, 'Who doth give to me a pinion as a dove? I fly away and rest,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

55:6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.