I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and be at rest.
In the Lord I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,
My heart falters, fear makes me tremble; the twilight I longed for has become a horror to me.
The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time, out of the serpent’s reach.