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Psalms 139:9
Psalms 139:9 is verse 9 of Psalms chapter 139, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,
King James Version
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
World English Bible
If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea,
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Psalms 139:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible
7 Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
8 If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.
9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,
10 even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 18:10He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
Psalms 19:6it rises at one end of the heavens and runs its circuit to the other; nothing is deprived of its warmth.
Malachi 4:2“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
Psalms 74:16The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.
Psalms 74:17You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.
Isaiah 24:14They raise their voices, they shout for joy; from the west they proclaim the majesty of the LORD.
Isaiah 24:15Therefore glorify the LORD in the east. Extol the name of the LORD, the God of Israel in the islands of the sea.
Isaiah 24:16From the ends of the earth we hear singing: “Glory to the Righteous One.” But I said, “I am wasting away! I am wasting away! Woe is me.” The treacherous betray; the treacherous deal in treachery.