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I say, “If only I had wings like a dove
    that I might fly away and find rest.(A)
Far away I would flee;
    I would stay in the desert.(B)
Selah
“I would soon find a shelter
    from the raging wind and storm.”

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I would flee far away
    and stay in the desert;[a](A)
I would hurry to my place of shelter,(B)
    far from the tempest and storm.(C)

Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words,(D)
    for I see violence and strife(E) in the city.(F)

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Footnotes

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