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I shiver and shudder in fear;
    I can’t stop because this horror is just too much.
I said, “If only my arms were wings like the dove’s!
    I would fly away from here and find rest—
Yes, I would venture far
    and weave a nest in the wilderness.

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  1. 55:7 Literally, selah, likely a musical direction from a Hebrew root meaning “to lift up”

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