Hidden fields
Books Books
" O that I had wings like a dove : for then would I flee away, and be at rest. "
Journals and letters, ed. by S. Wilberforce - Page 134
by Henry Martyn - 1837
Full view - About this book

In the House of the Lord: Inhabiting the Psalms of Lament

Michael Jinkins - Bible - 1998 - 156 pages
...Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me: and an horrible dread hath overwhelmed me. And I said, O that I had wings like a dove: for then would I flee away, and be at rest. Lo, then would I get me away far off: and remain in the wilderness. I would make haste to escape: because of the stormy...
Limited preview - About this book

The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

Elizabeth M. Knowles - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1999 - 1160 pages
...favourable and gracious unto Sion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. Psalm si. v. 15 10 () that I had wings like a dove: for then would I flee away, and be at rest. Psalrn SS> v. fS 1 1 It was even thou, my companion: my guide, and mine own familiar friend. We took...
Limited preview - About this book

The Poets' Book of Psalms: The Complete Psalter as Rendered by Twenty-five ...

Laurance Wieder - Poetry - 1999 - 338 pages
...overwhelmed me. 6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. 7 Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah. 8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest. 9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their...
Limited preview - About this book

Selections from the Book of Psalms

Religion - 1999 - 148 pages
[ Sorry, this page's content is restricted ]
No preview available - About this book

Pilgrim Souls: A Collection of Spiritual Autobiography

Amy Mandelker, Elizabeth Powers - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 552 pages
...overwhelmed me. 6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! For then would I fly away, and be at rest. 7 Lo, then, would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah. 8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest. 9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their...
Limited preview - About this book

King David: War and Ecstasy

Colin Pritchard - Fiction - 2000 - 692 pages
...God, and hide not thy self from mv sup plication. Oh that I had wings like a dove for then I would fly away and be at rest. Lo then would I wander far off and remain in the wilderness." I sought to serve her and I brought us some bread, wine and water. We made a sacrifice, offering each...
Limited preview - About this book

Life, as Viewed from the Goldfish Bowl

Beverly Hyles - Religion - 2000 - 260 pages
...me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah." Now David is saying if he had the wings of a dove, he could have flown off and been rid of...
Limited preview - About this book

The Westminster Collection of Christian Quotations

Martin H. Manser - Religion - 2001 - 524 pages
...my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple. Psalm 27:4 KJV And 1 said, O that I had wings like a dove: for then would I flee away, and be at rest. Psalm 55:6 BCP Look to the Lord and be strong; at all times seek his presence. Psalm 105:4 REB For...
Limited preview - About this book

Orestes and Other Plays

Euripides, James Morwood - Drama - 2001 - 294 pages
...intolerable affliction' (Owen, n. 796). The sentence from Psalms reads: 'And I said. Oh that I had wings like a dove, for then would I flee away and be at rest!' It is in fact a common tragic prayer— cf. 1238-9 and eg Euripides, Hippolytus 732. 813ff. For he...
Limited preview - About this book

An Exposition of the Book of Solomon's Song

John Gill - Religion - 2002 - 350 pages
...hurries ol the court, thus passionately wishes, laying. Fuira IT. 6, 7, "0! that I hid wings like a dore, for then would I flee away, and be at rest ; lo, then would I wander far off, and remain," or ai in the Hebrew text, " lodge in the wilderness, Selah." The cares of this life, and the hurrying...
Limited preview - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF