Psalms 55:6

I say, ¹  “I wish I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and settle in a safe place!

I said, "Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and be at rest—

I said, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest.

Oh, how I wish I had wings like a dove; then I would fly away and rest!

"Who will give me wings," I ask--"wings like a dove?" Get me out of here on dove wings;

And I said, If only I had wings like a dove! for then I would go in flight from here and be at rest.

And I say, "O that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest;

So I said, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest.

I say, ¹  “I wish I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and settle in a safe place!

¹ tn The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive carries on the descriptive (present progressive) force of the verbs in v. 5.