OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 6

Psalms 55:6

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I said, “Oh that I had wings like a dove!

Then I would fly away, and be at rest.

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Psalms 55:3–9

3

because of the voice of the enemy,

because of the oppression of the wicked.

For they bring suffering on me.

In anger they hold a grudge against me.

4

My heart is severely pained within me.

The terrors of death have fallen on me.

5

Fearfulness and trembling have come on me.

Horror has overwhelmed me.

6
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I said, “Oh that I had wings like a dove!

Then I would fly away, and be at rest.

7

Behold, then I would wander far off.

I would lodge in the wilderness.” Selah.

8

“I would hurry to a shelter from the stormy wind and storm.”

9

Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language,

for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

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