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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)

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  1. Psalm 55:5 tn Heb “fear and trembling enter into me.”
  2. 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.
  3. 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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Psalm 55:5-7
New International Version

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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