Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. New Living Translation Oh, that I had wings like a dove; then I would fly away and rest! English Standard Version And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest; Berean Standard Bible I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest. King James Bible And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. New King James Version So I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. New American Standard Bible I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. NASB 1995 I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. NASB 1977 And I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. Legacy Standard Bible I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. Amplified Bible And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. Christian Standard Bible I said, “If only I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest. Holman Christian Standard Bible I said, “If only I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest. American Standard Version And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest. Aramaic Bible in Plain English But I said, "Who would give me wings like a dove?" I had flown and I would have rested. Brenton Septuagint Translation And I said, O that I had wings as those of a dove! then would I flee away, and be at rest. Contemporary English Version I wish I had wings like a dove, so I could fly far away and be at peace. Douay-Rheims Bible And I said: Who will give me wings like a dove, and I will fly and be at rest? English Revised Version And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! then would I fly away, and be at rest. GOD'S WORD® Translation I said, "If only I had wings like a dove- I would fly away and find rest. Good News Translation I wish I had wings like a dove. I would fly away and find rest. International Standard Version I said, "O, who will give me the wings of a dove, so that I could fly away and live somewhere else? JPS Tanakh 1917 And I said: 'Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest. Literal Standard Version And I say, “Who gives to me a pinion as a dove?” I fly away and rest, Majority Standard Bible I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest. New American Bible I say, “If only I had wings like a dove that I might fly away and find rest. NET Bible I say, "I wish I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and settle in a safe place! New Revised Standard Version And I say, “O that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest; New Heart English Bible I said, "Oh that I had wings like a dove. Then I would fly away, and be at rest. Webster's Bible Translation And I said, O that I had wings like a dove! for then I would 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. Young's Literal Translation And I say, 'Who doth give to me a pinion as a dove? I fly away and rest, Additional Translations ... Context Cast Your Burden upon the LORD…5Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me. 6I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest. 7How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah… Cross References Job 3:13 For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest Jeremiah 9:2 If only I had a traveler's lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people. Jeremiah 48:28 Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave. Treasury of Scripture And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. Psalm 11:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain? Psalm 139:9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Revelation 12:14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. Jump to Previous Dove Flight Fly Pinion Rest WingsJump to Next Dove Flight Fly Pinion Rest WingsPsalm 55 1. David in his prayer complains of his fearful case9. He prays against his enemies, of whose wickedness and treachery he complains 16. He comforts himself in God's preservation oh him, and confusion of his enemies (6) Oh that I had.--Literally, who will give me?--The bird that was in the psalmist's thought was doubtless the Rock Pigeon (Columba livia), which selects for its nesting the lofty cliffs and deep ravines far from the neighbourhood of man. (Comp. Song of Solomon 2:14, Note.) Be at rest.--So the LXX. and Vulg., and the reading is consecrated by long use; but the parallelism seems to require the more literal dwell or abide. Verse 6. - And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! The beauty of this passage has sunk deep into the Christian heart. Great composers have set to it some of their most exquisite music. The desire is one which finds an echo in almost every human breast, and the expression of it here has all the beauty of the best Eastern poetry. Jeremiah's words are far tamer, "Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men, that I might leave my people, and go from them!" For then would I fly away, and be at rest. The desire of "rest" is universal. Whatever the delights of action, they can only charm us for a time. In our hearts we are always longing to have done with action, and to be at rest.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew I said,וָאֹמַ֗ר (wā·’ō·mar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “Oh, מִֽי־ (mî-) Interjection Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix that יִתֶּן־ (yit·ten-) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set I had wings אֵ֭בֶר (’ê·ḇer) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 83: A pinion like a dove! כַּיּוֹנָ֗ה (kay·yō·w·nāh) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 3123: A dove I would fly away אָע֥וּפָה (’ā·‘ū·p̄āh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular Strong's 5774: To fly, to faint and find rest. וְאֶשְׁכֹּֽנָה׃ (wə·’eš·kō·nāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular Strong's 7931: To settle down, abide, dwell Links Psalm 55:6 NIVPsalm 55:6 NLT Psalm 55:6 ESV Psalm 55:6 NASB Psalm 55:6 KJV Psalm 55:6 BibleApps.com Psalm 55:6 Biblia Paralela Psalm 55:6 Chinese Bible Psalm 55:6 French Bible Psalm 55:6 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 55:6 I said Oh that I had wings (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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