A moment in scripture
Psalms 55:6
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And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
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The surrounding passage
- Psalms 55:4
My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
- Psalms 55:5
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
- Psalms 55:7
Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
- Psalms 55:8
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.