Psalms 139:8

American Standard Version (1901)

If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 26:6 : 6 Sheol is naked before [God], And Abaddon hath no covering.
  • Prov 15:11 : 11 Sheol and Abaddon are before Jehovah: How much more then the hearts of the children of men!
  • Amos 9:2-4 : 2 Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down. 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 it shall bite them. 4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
  • Jonah 2:2 : 2 And he said, I called by reason of mine affliction unto Jehovah, And he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I, [And] thou heardest my voice.
  • Obad 1:4 : 4 Though thou mount on high as the eagle, and though thy nest be set among the stars, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.
  • Ezek 28:12-17 : 12 Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. 13 Thou wast in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was in thee; in the day that thou wast created they were prepared. 14 Thou wast the anointed cherub that covereth: and I set thee, [so that] thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. 15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till unrighteousness was found in thee. 16 By the abundance of thy traffic they filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore have I cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God; and I have destroyed thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. 17 Thy heart was lifted up because of thy beauty; thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I have cast thee to the ground; I have laid thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
  • Job 34:21-22 : 21 For his eyes are upon the ways of a man, And he seeth all his goings. 22 There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 139:9-15
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    9 If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

    10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me.

    11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night;

    12 Even the darkness hideth not from thee, But the night shineth as the day: The darkness and the light are both alike [to thee] .

    13 For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.

    14 I will give thanks unto thee; For I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Wonderful are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.

    15 My frame was not hidden from thee, When I was made in secret, [And] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

  • Ps 139:1-7
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    1 [For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David]. O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known [me] .

    2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off.

    3 Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways.

    4 For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.

    5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, And laid thy hand upon me.

    6 [ Such] knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain unto it.

    7 Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

  • Ps 139:17-18
    2 verses
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    17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!

    18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: When I awake, I am still with thee.

  • 8 It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; What canst thou know?

  • 2 Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.

  • 3 If thou, Jehovah, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?

  • 13 If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness;

  • Ps 73:23-25
    3 verses
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    23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: Thou hast holden my right hand.

    24 Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.

    25 Whom have I in heaven [but thee] ? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.

  • 6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps.

  • Ps 139:23-24
    2 verses
    73%

    23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts;

    24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.

  • 6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The earth with its bars [closed] upon me for ever: Yet hast thou brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.

  • 4 Yea, thou I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.

  • 15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to Sheol, to the uttermost parts of the pit.

  • 3 O Jehovah, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol; Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

  • 13 Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

  • 24 Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith Jehovah.

  • 3 The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

  • 6 The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.

  • 5 The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.

  • 16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

  • 10 For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol; Neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption.

  • 12 Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

  • 20 Thou, who hast showed us many and sore troubles, Wilt quicken us again, And wilt bring us up again from the depths of the earth.

  • 16 But now thou numberest my steps: Dost thou not watch over my sin?

  • 4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.

  • 9 For thou, O Jehovah, art my refuge! Thou hast made the Most High thy habitation;

  • 13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint;

  • 11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or thy faithfulness in Destruction?

  • 9 Sheol from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

  • 3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk Have they hidden a snare for me.

  • 11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

  • Jonah 2:3-4
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    3 For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me; All thy waves and thy billows passed over me.

    4 And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes; Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

  • 13 For great is thy lovingkindness toward me; And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.