Psalm 55:6
Strong's Lexicon
I said,
וָאֹמַ֗ר (wā·’ō·mar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: 1) to say, speak, utter 1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

“Oh,
מִֽי־ (mî-)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 4310: 1) who?, whose?, whom?, would that, whoever, whosoever

that
יִתֶּן־ (yit·ten-)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: 1) to give, put, set 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend 1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate 1a3) to make, constitute 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned 1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up 1c2) to be put upon

I had wings
אֵ֭בֶר (’ê·ḇer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 83: 1) pinion, wing 1a) of bird (dove, eagle) 1b) of Babylonian king (fig.)

like a dove !
כַּיּוֹנָ֗ה (kay·yō·w·nāh)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3123: 1) dove, pigeon

I would fly away
אָע֥וּפָה (’ā·‘ū·p̄āh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5774: v 1) to fly, fly about, fly away 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to fly, hover 1a2) to fly away 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to fly, light upon 1c) (Polel) 1c1) to fly about or to and fro 1c2) to cause to fly to and fro, brandish 1d) (Hithpolel) to fly away 2) (Qal) to cover, be dark n f 3) gloom

and find rest.
וְאֶשְׁכֹּֽנָה׃ (wə·’eš·kō·nāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7931: 1) to settle down, abide, dwell, tabernacle, reside 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to settle down to abide 1a2) to abide, dwell, reside 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to make settle down, establish 1b2) to make or cause to dwell 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to lay, place, set, establish, settle, fix 1c2) to cause to dwell or abide

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.

Young's Literal Translation
And I say, ‘Who doth give to me a pinion as a dove? I fly away and rest,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I said, “ If only I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.

New American Standard Bible
I said, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at 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.
Parallel Verses
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;

New American Standard Bible
I said, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at 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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I said, "If only 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?

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

American Standard Version
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, 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.

Young's Literal Translation
And I say, 'Who doth give to me a pinion as a dove? I fly away and rest,
















Cross References
Job 3:13
For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

Jeremiah 9:2
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

Jeremiah 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.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 55:5
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.

Psalm 55:4
My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

Psalm 55:3
Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.

Psalm 55:7
Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.

Psalm 55:8
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.

Psalm 55:9
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
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