Psalm 139:7-12
Holman Christian Standard Bible
7 Where can I go to escape Your Spirit?
Where can I flee from Your presence?(A)
8 If I go up to heaven, You are there;(B)
if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.(C)
9 If I live at the eastern horizon
or settle at the western limits,[a]
10 even there Your hand will lead me;
Your right hand will hold on to me.(D)
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me,
and the light around me will be night”(E)—
12 even the darkness is not dark to You.
The night shines like the day;
darkness and light are alike to You.(F)
Footnotes
- Psalm 139:9 Lit I take up the wings of the dawn; I dwell at the end of the sea
Psalm 139:7-12
Amplified Bible
7
Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
8
If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), behold, You are there.(A)
9
If I take the wings of the dawn,
If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,
10
Even there Your hand will lead me,
And Your right hand will take hold of me.
11
If I say, “Surely the darkness will cover me,
And the night will be the only light around me,”
12
Even the darkness is not dark to You and conceals nothing from You,
But the night shines as bright as the day;
Darkness and light are alike to You.(B)
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