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Psalm 55:5-7
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 55:5-7
New Catholic Bible
5 [a]My heart[b] is filled with anguish,
and I am beset by the terrors of death.
6 Fear and trembling overpower me;
horror overwhelms me.
7 I say, “If only I had wings like a dove
so that I could fly away and be at rest!
Footnotes
- Psalm 55:5 So great is the physical danger and the mental anguish (see Pss 18:5f; 116:3) that the psalmist wishes he could run away from it all (see Jer 9:1-5).
- Psalm 55:5 Heart: see note on Ps 4:8.
Psalm 55:5-7
New International Version
Psalm 55:5-7
New International Version
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Footnotes
- Psalm 55:7 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and in the middle of verse 19.
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