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Psalms 139:8 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 139:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 139:88 words
HebrewMeaning
אִםʾim
ifconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
אֶסַּ֣קʾesaq
I will ascendverbH5266
שָׁ֭מַיִםšāmayim
heavensnounH8064
astrologer · heaven
שָׁ֣םšām
are thereadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
אָ֑תָּהʾātāh
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
וְ/אַצִּ֖יעָהwəʾaṣiyʿāh
and I will spread as a bedconjH3331
lie · spread
שְּׁא֣וֹלšəʾwōl
SheolnounH7585
hell · pit
הִנֶּֽ/ךָּhinekā
there are youparticleH2005
if · lo · though
Words 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 139:8

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)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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