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Psalms 139:9 — King James Version← Study notes

If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;


Psalms 139:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 139:96 words
HebrewMeaning
אֶשָּׂ֥אʾeśāʾ
I will rise upverbH5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
כַנְפֵיkanəpēy
the wings ofnounH3671
bird · corner · end · feather ···
שָׁ֑חַרšāḥar
dawnnounH7837
early · light · morning · whence riseth
אֶ֝שְׁכְּנָ֗הʾešəkənāh
I dwellverbH7931
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · have habitation ···
בְּ/אַחֲרִ֥יתbəʾaḥăriyt
at the end ofpronH319
latter) end · hinder -most · length · posterity ···
יָֽםyām
the seanounH3220
) · south · west (-ern · side ···
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 139:9

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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