Psalms 139:9–12
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
If I take the wings of the morning: and dwell in the vttermost parts of the Sea:
Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
Euen there shall thy hand leade me: and thy right hand shall hold me.
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
*If I say, Surely the darkenes shall couer me: euen the night shall bee light about me.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-referenceIob 26.6. heb.4.13.
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
††Yea the darkenesse hideth not from thee, but the night shineth as the day: the darknes and the light are both alike to thee.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. darkeneth not.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. as is the darkenes so is the light
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From verse 9
- Psalms 19:6Rank 1 from verse 9
- Psalms 74:16–17Rank 2 from verse 9
16The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
17Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
16The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sunne.
17†Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: Thou hast made Summer and Winter.
- Malachi 4:2Rank 3 from verse 9
2¶ But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
2¶ *But vnto you that feare my Name, shall the Sunne of righteousnesse arise with healing in his wings, and shall goe foorth and grow vp as calues of the staule.
- Isaiah 24:14–16Rank 4 from verse 9
14They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the Lord, they shall cry aloud from the sea.
15Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires, even the name of the Lord God of Israel in the isles of the sea.
16¶ From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.
14They shal lift vp their voice, they shal sing, for the maiesty of the LORD, they shall crie aloud from the sea.
15‖Wherefore, glorifie ye the LORD in the fires, euen the Name of the LORD God of Israel in the yles of the Sea.
16¶ ††From the vttermost part of the earth haue we heard songs, euen glory to the righteous: but I said, My leannesse, my leannesse, woe vnto me: the treacherous dealers haue dealt treacherously, yea the treacherous dealers haue dealt very treacherously.
- Psalms 18:10Rank 5 from verse 9
From verse 10
- Psalms 23:3Rank 1 from verse 10
- Isaiah 41:13Rank 2 from verse 10
- Psalms 73:23Rank 3 from verse 10
- Psalms 63:8Rank 4 from verse 10
- Psalms 143:9–10Rank 5 from verse 10
9Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
10Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
9†Deliuer mee, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flie vnto thee to hide me.
10Teach me to doe thy will, for thou art my God, thy spirit is good: leade me into the land of vprightnesse.
From verse 11
- Jeremiah 23:24Rank 2 from verse 11
- Psalms 94:7Rank 3 from verse 11
- Job 22:12–14Rank 4 from verse 11
12Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
13And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
14Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
12 Is not God in the height of heauen? and behold the †height of the starres how high they are.
13And thou sayest, ‖How doth God know? can he iudge through the darke cloude?
14Thicke cloudes are a couering to him that he seeth not, and hee walketh in the circuit of heauen.
- Psalms 10:11–13Rank 5 from verse 11
11He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
12Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
13Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
11*Hee hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face, hee will neuer see it.
12‖Arise, O LORD, O God lift vp thine hand: forget not the humble.
13Wherefore doeth the wicked contemne God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
- Isaiah 29:15Rank 6 from verse 11
15Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
15*Woe vnto them that seeke deepe to hide their counsell from the LORD, and their workes are in the darke, and they say, Who seeth vs? and who knoweth vs?
From verse 12
- Daniel 2:22Rank 1 from verse 12
- Exodus 20:21Rank 3 from verse 12
- Hebrews 4:13Rank 4 from verse 12
13Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
13Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked, and opened vnto the eyes of him with whome wee haue to doe.
- Exodus 14:20Rank 6 from verse 12
20And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
20And it came betweene the campe of the Egyptians, and the campe of Israel, and it was a cloud and darkenesse to them, but it gaue light by night to these: so that the one came not neere the other all the night.
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Psalms 139:9
To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.
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Sense 1: Feathered or extended parts by which birds and other winged creatures fly. Sense 2: Figuratively, means of swift movement, protective shelter, or spreading reach.
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Sense 1: The beginning or early part of the day, including hours before daylight. Sense 2: The dawn or a beginning compared with dawn.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Farthest, outermost, remotest, last, fullest, or most complete extent, degree, part, or limit.
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Sense 1: Portions or divisions of a whole. Sense 2: Divides, separates, departs, or assigns shares.
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1. A great body or expanse of gathered waters, including a named sea or lake, in which ships and creatures move. 2. The large brazen or molten basin made for the temple and called a sea. 3. Something represented or compared as a sea.
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Psalms 139:10
1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.
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Sense 1: A soft, heavy metal. Sense 2: As a verb, to guide, conduct, or go before.
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1. Correct, just, upright, proper, lawful, fitting, true, or due; also a rightful claim or authority. 2. The direction or side opposite the left. 3. Straight, favourable, skilful, or approved. 4. Very, quite, or fully.
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Sense 1: To grasp, seize, cling to, carry, wield, support, or keep fast, literally or figuratively. Sense 2: To keep, retain, possess, maintain, continue in, or adhere to. Sense 3: To restrain, confine, or keep back; to contain or have capacity. Sense 4: To regard, account, or judge. Sense 5: To conduct or celebrate an observance. Sense 6: To endure, prevail, or take effect. Sense 7: In hold one's peace or hold one's tongue, to remain silent. Sense 8: As a noun, a grasp or attachment; a place of confinement, refuge, security, or fortification.
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Psalms 139:11
Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.
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Certainly, truly, firmly, or without doubt.
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Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.
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1. The dark part of the daily cycle distinguished from day, from evening until morning, or any portion of it. 2. A time or condition compared with night or darkness.
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Sense 1: Brightness or illumination. Sense 2: A source or opening that gives light. Sense 3: Figuratively, truth, knowledge, revelation, life, or favour contrasted with darkness. Sense 4: To illuminate or kindle. Sense 5: To alight or come upon. Sense 6: Slight, easy, swift, or not heavy.
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1. Around or near in place, position, or movement; on every side, in a circuit, from place to place, or turned from one direction or state toward another. 2. Approximately in number, measure, distance, or time. 3. Concerning, occupied with, or engaged in a matter. 4. On the point of, intending, or attempting an action.
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Psalms 139:12
1. Indeed, marking confirmation, emphasis, addition, continuation, or heightening of what is said; it may also emphasize a question. 2. Yes, expressing an affirmative answer or declaration.
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Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.
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Conceals, keeps from sight or knowledge, or lies concealed.
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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
1. The dark part of the daily cycle distinguished from day, from evening until morning, or any portion of it. 2. A time or condition compared with night or darkness.
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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Brightness or illumination. Sense 2: A source or opening that gives light. Sense 3: Figuratively, truth, knowledge, revelation, life, or favour contrasted with darkness. Sense 4: To illuminate or kindle. Sense 5: To alight or come upon. Sense 6: Slight, easy, swift, or not heavy.
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Similar; in the same manner or degree.
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139:1O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
139:1¶ O LORD, thou hast searched mee, and knowen me.
139:2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
139:2Thou knowest my downe sitting, and mine vprising: thou vnderstandest my thought afarre off.
139:3Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
139:3‖Thou compassest my path, and my lying downe, and art acquainted with all my wayes.
139:4For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
139:4For there is not a worde in my tongue: but lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
139:5Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
139:5Thou hast beset me behind, and before: and laid thine hand vpon me.
139:6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
139:6 Such knowledge is too wonderfull for me: it is high, I cannot attaine vnto it.
139:7Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
139:7Whither shall I goe from thy spirit? or whither shall I flie from thy presence?
139:8If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
139:8*If I ascend vp into heauen, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
139:9If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
139:9 If I take the wings of the morning: and dwell in the vttermost parts of the Sea:
Selected passage139:10Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
139:10Euen there shall thy hand leade me: and thy right hand shall hold me.
Selected passage139:11If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
139:11*If I say, Surely the darkenes shall couer me: euen the night shall bee light about me.
Selected passage139:12Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
139:12††Yea the darkenesse hideth not from thee, but the night shineth as the day: the darknes and the light are both alike to thee.
Selected passage139:13For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
139:13For thou hast possessed my reines: thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe.
139:14I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
139:14†I will praise thee, for I am fearefully and wonderfully made, marueilous are thy works: and that my soule knoweth right well.
139:15My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
139:15‖My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret: and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
139:16Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
139:16†‖Thine eyes did see my substance yet being vnperfect, and in thy booke all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned: when as yet there was none of them.
139:17How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
139:17*Howe precious also are thy thoughts vnto me, O God: how great is the summe of them?
139:18If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
139:18 If I should count them, they are moe in number then the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
139:19Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
139:19Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
139:20For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
139:20For they speake against thee wickedly: and thine enemies take thy name in vaine.
139:21Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
139:21Doe not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieued with those that rise vp against thee?
139:22I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
139:22I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
139:23Search me, O God, and knowe my heart: trie mee, and knowe my thoughts:
139:24And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
139:24†And see if there bee any wicked way in me: and leade me in the way euerlasting.