Psalms 139:11 — King James Version← Study notes

“If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.”

Psalms 139:11 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 139:117 words

HebrewMeaning

וָ֭/אֹמַרwāʾōmar

and I saidconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

אַךְʾakə

surelyparticleH389

in any wise · at least · but · certainly ···

חֹ֣שֶׁךְḥōšekə

darknessnounH2822

night · obscurity

יְשׁוּפֵ֑/נִיyəšwpēniy

it will crush meverbH7779

bruise · cover

וְ֝/לַ֗יְלָהwəlayəlāh

and will be nightconjH3915

א֣וֹרʾwōr

the lightnounH216

clear · day · light · morning ···

בַּעֲדֵֽ/נִיbaʿădēniy

behind mepronH1157

at by · for · over · through ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 139:11

1. ...Our Lord Jesus Christ speaks in the Prophets, sometimes in His own Name, sometimes in ours, because He makes Himself one with us; as it is said, “they two shall be one flesh.” Wherefore also the Lord says in the Gospel, speaking of marriage, “therefore they are no more two, but one flesh.” One flesh, because of our mortality He took flesh; not one divinity, for He is the Creator, we the creature. Whatsoever then our Lord speaks in the person of the Flesh He took upon…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 139 (excerpt)

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