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IfאִםI go upאֶסַּקto the heavens,שָׁמַיִםthereשָׁםyou are;אָתָּהand if I make my bedוְאַצִּיעָהin Sheol,שְּׁאוֹלlook,הִנֶּyou are there.ךָּ
Psalms 139:8
Study it in the app“If I go up to the heavens, there you are; and if I make my bed in Sheol, look, you are there.”
David asks where he could flee from God, and finds God is there tooWho God IsThere is nowhere to flee from God's spirit; even there his hand guidesThe Holy SpiritDavid asks where he could flee from God, and finds him everywhereLoneliness
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 139:8, word by word
- I go upאֶסַּקesak
ascend
To go up, to ascend.
Where else “esak” appears- to the heavensשָׁמַיִםshamayim
heaven
God's dwelling, from which he is called "the Elohim of the heavens".
Where else “shamayim” appears- and if I make my bedאַצִּיעָהatsia
spread out
To spread, to lay something out on the ground to lie on it.
Where else “atsia” appears- in Sheolשְּׁאוֹלsheol
Sheol
Sheol: in the Old Testament, the place of the dead, the grave, where all go down at death.
Where else “sheol” appears
The context
7Where shall I go from your spirit, and where from your face shall I flee?
8 · This verse (above)
9If I take the wings of the dawn, if I dwell at the farthest end of the sea,