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Psalm 55:5-7
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5 ·I am scared and shaking [Fear and trembling come on me],
    and ·terror [shuddering] ·grips [overwhelms] me.
6 I said, “·I wish [O that] I had wings like a dove.
    Then I would fly away and rest.
7 I would ·wander [flee] far away
    and stay in the ·desert [wilderness]. ·Selah [Interlude]

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Psalm 55:5-7
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5 Fear and trembling(A) have beset me;
    horror(B) has overwhelmed me.
6 I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove!
    I would fly away and be at rest.
7 I would flee far away
    and stay in the desert;[a](C)

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