Psalms 139:7

5 You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.

6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.

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,

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
KJV
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
WEB
Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence?
ASV
Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
DARBY
Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither flee from thy presence?
BLB
Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your face?
ÅB
Hvor skal jeg gå fra din Ånd, og hvor skal jeg flykte fra ditt åsyn?
OTB
Hvor kan jeg gå fra Din Ånd?
Eller hvor kan jeg flykte fra Ditt nærvær?
B1930
Hvor skal jeg gå fra din Ånd, og hvor skal jeg fly fra ditt åsyn?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 23:23–24

    “Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away?”

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  • Jonah 1:3

    Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.

    Read in context
  • Jonah 1:10

    Then the men were even more afraid and said to him, “What have you done?” The men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.

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