And I said - That is, when I saw these calamities coming upon me, and did not know what the result was to be.

Oh, tha…

Oh that I had. —Literally, who will give me? —The bird that was in the psalmist’s thought was doubtless the Rock Pigeon (…

If he could not have the wings of an eagle to fight out the conflict, he begged for the wings of a dove to fly from it. But what would you and I be…

And I said, Who will give me wings like a dove? These words mean more than merely that he could find no way to escape. They are meant to e…

And I said, oh that I had wings like a dove
The psalmist pitches upon this creature, partly to suggest that his enem…

In these verses we have:

1. Hear, O God, my prayer, and do not despise my supplication.

   Previously, the psalmist showed the insults of his enemies ag…