Psalms 139:8
If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
KJV
Domine, Domine, virtus salutis meæ, obumbrasti super caput meum in die belli.
Vulgate
Κύριε κύριε, δύναμις τῆς σωτηρίας μου, ἐπεσκίασας ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλήν μου ἐν ἡμέρᾳ πολέμου.
LXX
If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.
ASV
אִם אֶסַּ֣ק שָׁ֭מַיִם שָׁ֣ם אָ֑תָּה וְ/אַצִּ֖יעָה שְּׁא֣וֹל הִנֶּֽ/ךָּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֶסַּ֣ק
'sq
verb · 1×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
ה
h
adverb · 827×
יֻצַּ֖ע
yts'
verb · 4×
נִ֨י
ny
pronoun · 313×
שְׁא֣וֹל
sh'vl
verb · 66×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. David meditates on the omniscience and omnipresence of God. There is no place where God is not present, no thought which he does not know. The description of being fearfully and wonderfully made in the womb is a powerful testimony to God as Creator of each person. This knowledge is both comforting to the godly and terrifying to the w…
Cross-references
- Amos 9:2 — Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
- Ezek 32:25 — They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of t
- Jer 51:53 — Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.
- Job 26:6 — Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
- Job 26:6 — Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
- Job 34:21 — For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
- 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.
- Obad 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.
- Prov 15:11 — Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
- Prov 15:11 — Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
- Ps 16:10 — For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.