Psalms 55:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. ”

Psalms 55:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And I said - That is, when I saw these calamities coming upon me, and knew not what the result was to be. Oh, that I had wings like a dove! - literally, “Who will give me wings like a dove?”...
Psalms 55:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! [for then] would I (e) fly away, and be at rest. (e) Fear had driven him to so great distress, that he wished to be hid in some wilderness, and to be ban...
Psalms 55:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LV. A Prayer for Deliverance from Treacherous Foes. Psalms 55:1-11 . The Psalmist tells God of his disquiet and terror. His desire to flee from Jerusalem to the wilderness. Psalms 55:12-15 ....
Psalms 55:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6 And I said, Who will give me wings like a dove? (300) These words mean more than merely that he could find no mode of escape. They are meant to express the deplorableness of his situation...
Psalms 55:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 594 THE AFFLICTED SOUL COMFORTED Psalms 55:6 . And I said, O that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. TROUBLE is the portion of all, without exceptio...
Psalms 55:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. O that I had wings like a dove! - He was so surrounded, so hemmed in on every side by his adversaries, that h...
Psalms 55:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And I said, Oh that I had wings! &c.— In the Hebrew, Who will give me wings like a dove? The dove is remarkable for the swiftness of its flight; and therefore the Psalmist, who saw himself in...
Psalms 55:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me ... And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly aw...
Psalms 55:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The author of this Ps. can hardly be David, for he speaks as a citizen of a distracted city rather than as its king, and the friend of whom he complains is his equal and not his subject. There is rea...
Psalms 55:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Oh that I had. — Literally, who will give me? — The bird that was in the psalmist’s thought was doubtless the Rock Pigeon ( Columba livia ) , which selects for its nesting the lofty cliffs and d...
Psalms 55:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 55:1-23 THE situation of the psalmist has a general correspondence with that of David in the period of Absalom's rebellion, and the identification of the traitorous friend with Ahithophel i...
Psalms 55:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Fleeing the City's Ills Psalms 55:1-11 This psalm was suggested by Absalom's rebellion and Ahithophel's treachery. But it contains references which, in their full extent, are chiefly applicable...
Psalms 55:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is the outcry of a man of faith in sore peril. The emotional nature is moved to its very center, and tides of deep feeling surge through his soul. He has been cruelly betrayed by his familiar fr...
Psalms 55:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Beautiful similitude of the dove's flight, to describe the soul's earnestness for quiet! Not to fly as a bird of prey, but as a bird of peace. Blessed Jesus! how suited is this to thee, thou meek and...
Psalms 55:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I said, oh that I had wings like a dove ,.... The psalmist pitches upon this creature, partly to suggest that his enemies pursuing him were like the ravenous hawk, and he like the harmless, inno...
Psalms 55:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! [for then] would I fly away, and be at rest. Ver. 6. And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! ] Ut citissime et longissime fugerem, that I might...
Psalms 55:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

O that I had wings like a dove Hebrew, מי יתן לי, mi jitten li, who will give me wings like a dove? “The dove is remarkable for the swiftness of its flight; therefore the psalmist, who saw himsel...
Psalms 55:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Supplications of David in Distress. To the chief musician on Neginoth, Maschil. A psalm of David. 1 Give ear to my...
Psalms 55:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Psalms 55:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

He Longs To Escape Into A Safe Place Where He Would Find Rest And No Longer be Subjected To His Trials ( Psalms 55:6-8 ). He longs to be able to escape from his present situation into a place wher...
Psalms 55:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ To the Chief Musician on Neginoth .” See introduction to Psalms 54 “ Maschil ,” an instruction. Hengstenberg: “The Psalmist wishes to show how, in such a situation...
Psalms 55:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 55:6 I. Don't spend your time in wishing for wings, or for anything else that is impossible. Not that there is anything wrong in a wish, unless we wish for what is wrong. Wishes will come f...
Psalms 55:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David. It needed the chief musician to sing such a Psalm as this; it is so full of sorrow, and yet so full of confidence in God. It is a Psalm u...
Psalms 55:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 55:6 . Oh that I had wings like a dove, to outfly the hawks which seek my life. The Latin reads, Who will give me wings like a dove? But the English is preferable, as uttering the heart bef...
Psalms 55:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not Thyself from my supplication. The compassionable, the commendable, and the censurable in life I. The compassionable. David appears here an object for...
Psalms 55:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS psalm has been assigned to Jeremiah by Hitzig, and by others to an unknown writer of the seventh century b.c. But no solid grounds have been shown for setting aside the tradi...
Psalms 55:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Complaint of False Friends. To the chief musician on Neginoth, to be rendered with the accompaniment of stringed instruments in public worship, Maschil, a psalm of David.
Psalms 55:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 11:1 ; Psalms 139:9 ; Revelation 12:14

Psalms 55:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 55:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 55:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 55:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 55:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 55:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 55:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 55:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 55:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 55:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 55:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 55:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 55:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 55:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 55:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 55:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 55:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 55:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 55:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 55:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 55:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 55:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 55:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 55:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 55:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 55:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 55:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 55:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge