Psalms 139:8

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

If I ascend the heavens -- there Thou `art', And spread out a couch in Sheol, lo, Thee!

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 26:6 : 6 Naked `is' Sheol over-against Him, And there is no covering to destruction.
  • Prov 15:11 : 11 Sheol and destruction `are' before Jehovah, Surely also the hearts of the sons of men.
  • Amos 9:2-4 : 2 If they dig through into sheol, From thence doth My hand take them, And if they go up the heavens, From thence I cause them to come down. 3 And if they be hid in the top of Carmel, From thence I search out, and have taken them, And if they be hid from Mine eyes in the bottom of the sea, From thence I command the serpent, And it hath bitten them. 4 And if they go into captivity before their enemies, From thence I command the sword, And it hath slain them, And I have set Mine eye on them for evil, And not for good.
  • Jonah 2:2 : 2 And he saith: I called, because of my distress, to Jehovah, And He doth answer me, From the belly of sheol I have cried, Thou hast heard my voice.
  • Obad 1:4 : 4 If thou dost go up high as an eagle, And if between stars thou dost set thy nest, From thence I bring thee down, An affirmation of Jehovah.
  • Ezek 28:12-17 : 12 `Son of man, lift up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, And thou hast said to him: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Thou art sealing up a measurement, Full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. 13 In Eden, the garden of God, thou hast been, Every precious stone thy covering, Ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle, and gold, The workmanship of thy tabrets, and of thy pipes, In thee in the day of thy being produced, have been prepared. 14 Thou `art' an anointed cherub who is covering, And I have set thee in the holy mount, God thou hast been, In the midst of stones of fire thou hast walked up and down. 15 Perfect `art' thou in thy ways, From the day of thy being produced, Till perversity hath been found in thee. 16 By the abundance of thy merchandise They have filled thy midst with violence, And thou dost sin, And I thrust thee from the mount of God, And I destroy thee, O covering cherub, From the midst of the stones of fire. 17 High hath been thy heart, because of thy beauty, Thou hast corrupted thy wisdom because of thy brightness, On the earth I have cast thee, Before kings I have set thee, to look on thee,
  • Job 34:21-22 : 21 For His eyes `are' on the ways of each, And all his steps He doth see. 22 There is no darkness nor death-shade, For workers of iniquity to be hidden there;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 139:9-15
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    9 I take the wings of morning, I dwell in the uttermost part of the sea,

    10 Also there Thy hand doth lead me, And Thy right hand doth hold me.

    11 And I say, `Surely darkness bruiseth me, Then night `is' light to me.

    12 Also darkness hideth not from Thee, And night as day shineth, as `is' darkness so `is' light.

    13 For Thou -- Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly.

    14 I confess Thee, because that `with' wonders I have been distinguished. Wonderful `are' Thy works, And my soul is knowing `it' well.

    15 My substance was not hid from Thee, When I was made in secret, Curiously wrought in the lower part of earth.

  • Ps 139:1-7
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    1 To the Overseer. -- A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest.

    2 Thou -- Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar.

    3 My path and my couch Thou hast fanned, And `with' all my ways hast been acquainted.

    4 For there is not a word in my tongue, Lo, O Jehovah, Thou hast known it all!

    5 Behind and before Thou hast besieged me, And Thou dost place on me Thy hand.

    6 Knowledge too wonderful for me, It hath been set on high, I am not able for it.

    7 Whither do I go from Thy Spirit? And whither from Thy face do I flee?

  • Ps 139:17-18
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    17 And to me how precious have been Thy thoughts, O God, how great hath been their sum!

    18 I recount them! than the sand they are more, I have waked, and I am still with Thee.

  • 8 Heights of the heavens! -- what dost thou? Deeper than Sheol! -- what knowest thou?

  • 2 If they dig through into sheol, From thence doth My hand take them, And if they go up the heavens, From thence I cause them to come down.

  • 3 If iniquities Thou dost observe, O Lord, who doth stand?

  • 13 If I wait -- Sheol `is' my house, In darkness I have spread out my couch.

  • Ps 73:23-25
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    23 And I `am' continually with Thee, Thou hast laid hold on my right hand.

    24 With Thy counsel Thou dost lead me, And after honour dost receive me.

    25 Whom have I in the heavens? And with Thee none I have desired in earth.

  • 6 Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths.

  • Ps 139:23-24
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    73%

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

    24 And see if a grievous way be in me, And lead me in a way age-during!

  • 6 To the cuttings of mountains I have come down, The earth, her bars `are' behind me to the age. And Thou bringest up from the pit my life, O Jehovah my God.

  • 4 Also -- when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou `art' with me, Thy rod and Thy staff -- they comfort me.

  • 15 Only -- unto Sheol thou art brought down, Unto the sides of the pit.

  • 3 Jehovah, Thou hast brought up from Sheol my soul, Thou hast kept me alive, From going down `to' the pit.

  • 13 O that in Sheol Thou wouldst conceal me, Hide me till the turning of Thine anger, Set for me a limit, and remember me.

  • 24 Is any one hidden in secret places, And I see him not? an affirmation of Jehovah, Do not I fill the heavens and the earth? An affirmation of Jehovah.

  • 3 Compassed me have cords of death, And straits of Sheol have found me, Distress and sorrow I find.

  • 6 The cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been the snares of death.

  • 5 Cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been snares of death.

  • 16 Hast thou come in to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Hast thou walked up and down?

  • 10 For Thou dost not leave my soul to Sheol, Nor givest thy saintly one to see corruption.

  • 12 Is not God high `in' heaven? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high.

  • 20 Because Thou hast showed me many and sad distresses, Thou turnest back -- Thou revivest me, And from the depths of the earth, Thou turnest back -- Thou bringest me up.

  • 16 But now, my steps Thou numberest, Thou dost not watch over my sin.

  • 4 Where wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding.

  • 9 (For Thou, O Jehovah, `art' my refuge,) The Most High thou madest thy habitation.

  • 13 When I said, `My bed doth comfort me,' He taketh away in my talking my couch.

  • 11 Is Thy kindness recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness in destruction?

  • 9 Sheol beneath hath been troubled at thee, To meet thy coming in, It is waking up for thee Rephaim, All chiefs ones of earth, It hath raised up from their thrones All kings of nations.

  • 3 When my spirit hath been feeble in me, Then Thou hast known my path; In the way `in' which I walk, They have hid a snare for me.

  • 11 Thine `are' the heavens -- the earth also `is' Thine, The habitable world and its fulness, Thou hast founded them.

  • Jonah 2:3-4
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    3 When Thou dost cast me `into' the deep, Into the heart of the seas, Then the flood doth compass me, All Thy breakers and Thy billows have passed over me.

    4 And I -- I said: I have been cast out from before Thine eyes, (Yet I add to look unto Thy holy temple!)

  • 13 For Thy kindness `is' great toward me, And Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.