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Psalms 55:6

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

KJV

Tota die verba mea execrabantur ; adversum me omnes cogitationes eorum in malum.

Vulgate

ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν τοὺς λόγους μου ἐβδελύσσοντο, κατ’ ἐμοῦ πάντες οἱ διαλογισμοὶ αὐτῶν εἰς κακόν.

LXX

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

ASV

יִרְאָ֣ה וָ֭/רַעַד יָ֣בֹא בִ֑/י וַ֝/תְּכַסֵּ֗/נִי פַּלָּצֽוּת

Hebrew

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In this verse

Symbols Dove

In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
יִרְאַ֣ת
yr't
noun · 42×
מְכַסֶּ֣ה
mksh
verb · 152×
פַּלָּצֽוּת
pltsvt
noun · 4×
רָ֑עַד
r'd
noun · 6×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Jer 48:28 — O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole’s mouth.
  • Prov 21:19 — It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
  • Ps 11:1 — In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?
  • Ps 139:9 — If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
  • Rev 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 serp
  • Rev 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 serp