OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 8

Psalms 139:8

World English Bible Updated

If I ascend up into heaven, you are there.

If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there!

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THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE

Psalms 139:8 in context

Psalms 139:5–11

5

You hem me in behind and before.

You laid your hand on me.

6

This knowledge is beyond me.

It’s lofty.

I can’t attain it.

7

Where could I go from your Spirit?

Or where could I flee from your presence?

8
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If I ascend up into heaven, you are there.

If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there!

9

If I take the wings of the dawn,

and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea,

10

even there your hand will lead me,

and your right hand will hold me.

11

If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me.

The light around me will be night,”

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Notes from World English Bible Updated

  1. Sheol is the place of the dead.

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