Psalms 55:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Rev 12:14 : 14 But the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly into the wilderness to her place, where she was nourished for a time, times, and half a time, away from the presence of the serpent.
  • Ps 11:1 : 1 In the LORD I put my trust; how can you say to my soul, 'Flee as a bird to your mountain'?
  • Ps 139:9 : 9 If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

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    7Indeed, I would wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.

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  • Isa 38:14-15
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    76%

    14Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I mourned as a dove: my eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

    15What shall I say? He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

  • Ps 55:4-5
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    4My heart is in anguish within me, and the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

    5Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, and horror has overwhelmed me.

  • Ps 57:1
    74%

    1Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for my soul trusts in you; yes, in the shadow of your wings I will make my refuge, until these calamities have passed by.

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  • Ps 139:9
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    9If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

  • Ps 102:6-7
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    6I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am like an owl of the desert.

    7I watch, and am like a sparrow alone upon the housetop.

  • Jer 8:18
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    18When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint within me.

  • Ps 63:7
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    7Because you have been my help, therefore in the shadow of your wings will I rejoice.

  • Job 6:8-9
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    8Oh, that I might have my request and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!

    9Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!

  • Ps 120:5-6
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    5Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

    6My soul has long dwelt with him who hates peace.

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    7Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?

  • Ps 68:13
    70%

    13Though you have lain among the pots, yet you shall be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.

  • Ps 61:4
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    4I will abide in your tabernacle forever: I will trust in the shelter of your wings. Selah.

  • Isa 60:8
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    8Who are these who fly like a cloud, and like doves to their windows?

  • Job 14:13
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    13Oh that You would hide me in the grave, that You would keep me secret, until Your wrath is past, that You would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

  • Job 9:26-27
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    26They pass away like swift ships: like the eagle hastening to the prey.

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    3Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!

  • Job 10:18-20
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    18Why then have You brought me forth out of the womb? Oh, that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!

    19I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

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    4Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

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    13When I say, 'My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint,'

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    8As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his place.

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    10And he rode upon a cherub, and flew: yea, he flew upon the wings of the wind.

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    28You who dwell in Moab, leave the cities and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that makes her nest in the sides of the holes' mouth.

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    52My enemies hunted me like a bird, without cause.

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  • Job 30:22
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    28I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.

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    4When I lie down, I say, 'When shall I arise, and the night be gone?' And I am full of tossing to and fro until the dawning of the day.

  • Ps 39:13
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    13O spare me, so I may recover strength, before I go away and am no more.

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    67%

    16I loathe it; I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are vanity.

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    6My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.