King James Version
Psalms 55:6 in the King James Version says “And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 55 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.”
Psalms 55:6 · KJV
My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. overwhelmed: Heb. covered
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
KJV Study — Public Domain
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
“for then would I fly away”
H5774to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
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