55:4 My heart beats violently 1 within me;
the horrors of death overcome me. 2
55:6 I say, 3 “I wish I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and settle in a safe place!
[55:4] 1 tn Heb “shakes, trembles.”
[55:4] 2 tn Heb “the terrors of death have fallen on me.”
[55:6] 3 tn The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive carries on the descriptive (present progressive) force of the verbs in v. 5.
