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(4) My heart within me is pounding in anguish,
the terrors of death press down on me,
(5) fear and trembling overwhelm me,
horror covers me.

(6) I said, “I wish I had wings like a dove!
Then I could fly away and be at rest.

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Fear and trembling(A) have beset me;
    horror(B) has overwhelmed me.
I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove!
    I would fly away and be at rest.
I would flee far away
    and stay in the desert;[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 55:7 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and in the middle of verse 19.