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Psalms 139:9

If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

KJV

Ne tradas me, Domine, a desiderio meo peccatori : cogitaverunt contra me ; ne derelinquas me, ne forte exaltentur.

Vulgate

μὴ παραδῷς με, Κύριε, ἀπὸ τῆς ἐπιθυμίας μου ἁμαρτωλῷ· διελογίσαντο κατ’ ἐμοῦ, μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃς με, μή ποτε ὑψωθῶσιν. διάψαλμα.

LXX

If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

ASV

אֶשָּׂ֥א כַנְפֵי שָׁ֑חַר אֶ֝שְׁכְּנָ֗ה בְּ/אַחֲרִ֥ית יָֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ה
h
noun · 393×
הּ
h
noun · 61×
ו
v
noun · 110×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
שַׁכֵּ֥ן
shkn
verb · 123×
שָּֽׁחַר
shchr
noun · 25×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Amos 9:3 — 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 s
  • Job 11:9 — The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
  • Job 38:13 — That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
  • Ps 19:6 — His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
  • Ps 55:6 — And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
  • Ps 61:2 — From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
  • Ps 74:16 — The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
  • Ps 104:3 — Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind: