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Psalm 55:5-7
New English Translation
Psalm 55:5-7
New English Translation
5 Fear and panic overpower me;[a]
terror overwhelms[b] me.
6 I say,[c] “I wish I had wings like a dove.
I would fly away and settle in a safe place.
7 Look, I will escape to a distant place;
I will stay in the wilderness. (Selah)
Footnotes
- Psalm 55:5 tn Heb “fear and trembling enter into me.”
- Psalm 55:5 tn Heb “covers.” The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive carries on the descriptive (present progressive) force of the preceding imperfect.
- Psalm 55:6 tn The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive carries on the descriptive (present progressive) force of the verbs in v. 5.
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