Psalms 139:8
If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
Psalms 139:8 in other translations
| BSB | If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there. |
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| WEB | If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there! |
| ASV | If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there. |
| YLT | If I ascend the heavens--there Thou art, And spread out a couch in Sheol, lo, Thee! |
| DARBY | If I ascend up into the heavens thou art there; or if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there; |
| BBE | If I go up to heaven, you are there: or if I make my bed in the underworld, you are there. |
| Webster | If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. |
What does Psalms 139:8 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 139:7-16
We cannot see God, but he can see us. The psalmist did not desire to go from the Lord. Whither can I go? In the most distant corners of the world, in heaven, or in hell, I cannot go out of thy reach. No veil can hide us from God; not the thickest darkness. No disguise can save any person or action from being seen in the true light by him. Secret haunts of sin are as open before God as the most open villanies. On the…
Psalms 139:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 139:8
- Amos 9:2-4
Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them: And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
- Job 34:21-22
For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
- Jonah 2:2
And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
- Obadiah 1:4
Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.
- Proverbs 15:11
Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
- Job 26:6
Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
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Context
- Psalms 139:7
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
- Psalms 139:8
If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
- Psalms 139:9
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
Psalms 139:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Si subiere á los cielos, allí estás tú: y si en abismo hiciere mi estrado, he aquí allí tú estás. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Si je monte aux cieux, tu y es; si je me couche au shéol, t’y voilà. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Führe ich auf zum Himmel, du bist da; und bettete ich mir in dem Scheol, siehe, du bist da. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Domine, Domine, virtus salutis meæ, obumbrasti super caput meum in die belli. |