Psalms 55:6

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

I say,“I wish I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and settle in a safe place!

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Referenced Verses

  • Rev 12:14 : 14 But the woman was given the two wings of a giant eagle so that she could fly out into the wilderness, to the place God prepared for her, where she is taken care of– away from the presence of the serpent– for a time, times, and half a time.
  • Ps 11:1 : 1 For the music director; by David. In the LORD I have taken shelter. How can you say to me,“Flee to a mountain like a bird!
  • Ps 139:9 : 9 If I were to fly away on the wings of the dawn, and settle down on the other side of the sea,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 55:7-8
    2 verses
    86%

    7Look, I will escape to a distant place; I will stay in the wilderness.(Selah)

    8I will hurry off to a place that is safe from the strong wind and the gale.”

  • Isa 38:14-15
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    76%

    14Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp, I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. O Lord, I am oppressed; help me!

    15What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief.

  • Ps 55:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4My heart beats violently within me; the horrors of death overcome me.

    5Fear and panic overpower me; terror overwhelms me.

  • 1For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David, written when he fled from Saul into the cave. Have mercy on me, O God! Have mercy on me! For in you I have taken shelter. In the shadow of your wings I take shelter until trouble passes.

  • 1For the music director; by David. In the LORD I have taken shelter. How can you say to me,“Flee to a mountain like a bird!

  • 9If I were to fly away on the wings of the dawn, and settle down on the other side of the sea,

  • Ps 102:6-7
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    73%

    6I am like an owl in the wilderness; I am like a screech owl among the ruins.

    7I stay awake; I am like a solitary bird on a roof.

  • 18Then I said,“There is no cure for my grief! I am sick at heart!

  • 7For you are my deliverer; under your wings I rejoice.

  • Job 6:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8A Cry for Death“Oh that my request would be realized, and that God would grant me what I long for!

    9And that God would be willing to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and kill me.

  • Ps 120:5-6
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    5How miserable I am! For I have lived temporarily in Meshech; I have resided among the tents of Kedar.

    6For too long I have had to reside with those who hate peace.

  • 7Where can I go to escape your Spirit? Where can I flee to escape your presence?

  • 13When you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver and with glittering gold.

  • 4I will be a permanent guest in your home; I will find shelter in the protection of your wings.(Selah)

  • 8Who are these who float along like a cloud, who fly like doves to their shelters?

  • 13The Possibility of Another Life“O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!

  • Job 9:26-27
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    26They glide by like reed boats, like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.

    27If I say,‘I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression and be cheerful,’

  • 3O that I knew where I might find him, that I could come to his place of residence!

  • Job 10:18-20
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    18An Appeal for Relief“Why then did you bring me out from the womb? I should have died and no eye would have seen me!

    19I should have been as though I had never existed; I should have been carried right from the womb to the grave!

    20Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

  • 13For now I would be lying down and would be quiet, I would be asleep and then at peace

  • 4My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.

  • 4I thought I had been banished from your sight, that I would never again see your holy temple!

  • 26“Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars, and spreads its wings toward the south?

  • 23I am fading away like a shadow at the end of the day; I am shaken off like a locust.

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    6I am exhausted as I groan; all night long I drench my bed in tears; my tears saturate the cushion beneath me.

  • 13If I say,“My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,”

  • 8Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a person who wanders from his home.

  • 10He mounted a winged angel and flew; he glided on the wings of the wind.

  • 28Leave your towns, you inhabitants of Moab. Go and live in the cliffs. Be like a dove that makes its nest high on the sides of a ravine.

  • 2Indeed, I have calmed and quieted myself like a weaned child with its mother; I am content like a young child.

  • 52צ(Tsade) For no good reason my enemies hunted me down like a bird.

  • 18Job’s Confidence“Then I thought,‘I will die in my own home, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.

  • 22You pick me up on the wind and make me ride on it; you toss me about in the storm.

  • 7We escaped with our lives, like a bird from a hunter’s snare. The snare broke, and we escaped.

  • 15Terrors are turned loose on me; they drive away my honor like the wind, and like a cloud my deliverance has passed away.

  • 7How precious is your loyal love, O God! The human race finds shelter under your wings.

  • 28I go about blackened, but not by the sun; in the assembly I stand up and cry for help.

  • 4If I lie down, I say,‘When will I arise?’, and the night stretches on and I toss and turn restlessly until the day dawns.

  • 13Turn your angry gaze away from me, so I can be happy before I pass away.

  • 16I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor!

  • 6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle and they come to an end without hope.