Psalms 139:9-11 in English

⁹ If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

¹⁰ Even there shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me.

¹¹ If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night;

⁹ Deliver me not, O Lord, to the sinner, according to my desire: they have devised mischief against me; forsake me not, lest they should be exalted. Pause.

¹⁰ As for the head of them that compass me, the mischief of their lips shall cover them.

¹¹ Coals of fire shall fall upon them on the earth; and thou shalt cast them down in afflictions: they shall not bear up under them.

⁹ If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

¹⁰ Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

¹¹ If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

⁹ If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

¹⁰ Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

¹¹ If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

⁹ As for the head of them that compass me, the mischief of their lips shall cover them.

¹⁰ Coals of fire shall fall upon them on the earth; and you shall cast them down in afflictions: they shall not bear up under them.

¹¹ A talkative man shall not prosper on the earth: evils shall hunt the unrighteous man to destruction.

⁹ If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

¹⁰ Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

¹¹ If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, and the light about me shall be night;

⁹ If I had wings and flew very far east MTY, or if I flew west and made a place to live on an island in the ocean,

¹⁰ you would be there also, to lead me by your hand, and you would help me.

¹¹ I could request the darkness to hide me, or I could request the light around me to become darkness,

⁹ As for the head of them that compass me, the mischief of their lips shall cover them.

¹⁰ Coals of fire shall fall upon them on the earth; and you shall cast them down in afflictions: they shall not bear up under them.

¹¹ A talkative man shall not prosper on the earth: evils shall hunt the unrighteous man to destruction.

⁹ If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea,

¹⁰ even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.

¹¹ If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me. The light around me will be night,”

⁹ If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea,

¹⁰ even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.

¹¹ If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me. The light around me will be night,”

⁹ If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea,

¹⁰ even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.

¹¹ If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me. The light around me will be night,”

⁹ If I take the wings of the morning, and go to the farthest parts of the sea;

¹⁰ Even there will I be guided by your hand, and your right hand will keep me.

¹¹ If I say, Only let me be covered by the dark, and the light about me be night;

⁹ If I take the wings of the dawn and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

¹⁰ Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

¹¹ And if I say, Surely darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night;

⁹ Give me not up, O Lord, from my desire to the wicked: they have plotted against me; do not thou forsake me, lest they should triumph.

¹⁰ The head of them compassing me about: the labour of their lips shall overwhelm them.

¹¹ Burning coals shall fall upon them; thou wilt cast them down into the fire: in miseries they shall not be able to stand.

⁹ If I were to fly away on wings of the dawn to the east; if I were to live on the far western shore of the sea,

¹⁰ even there your hand would lead me, your right hand would support me.

¹¹ If I asked the darkness to hide me, and light to become night around me,

⁹ Let mee take the winges of the morning, and dwell in the vttermost parts of the sea:

¹⁰ Yet thither shall thine hand leade me, and thy right hand holde me.

¹¹ If I say, Yet the darkenes shall hide me, euen the night shalbe light about me.

⁹ If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

¹⁰ Even there would Thy hand lead me, and Thy right hand would hold me.

¹¹ And if I say: 'Surely the darkness shall envelop me, and the light about me shall be night';

⁹ If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

¹⁰ Even there shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me.

¹¹ If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; Even the night shall be light about me.

⁹ If I should lift up the wings of the morning-dawn, if I should dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:

¹⁰ Even there would thy hand lead me, and thy right hand would seize hold of me.

¹¹ If I said, Surely darkness shall enshroud me, and into night be turned the light about me:

⁹ Deliver me not, O Lord, to the sinner, according to my desire: They have devised mischief against me; Forsake me not, lest they should be exalted. Pause.

¹⁰ As for the head of them that compass me, The mischief of their lips shall cover them.

¹¹ Coals of fire shall fall upon them on the earth; And thou shalt cast them down in afflictions: They shall not bear up under them.

⁹ If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the remotest parts of the sea,

¹⁰ Even there shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me!

¹¹ If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me;” Even the night shall be light about me.

⁹ If I lift up the wings of the morning and fly to the end of the sea,

¹⁰ there also your hand would grasp me, and your right hand take hold of me.

¹¹ If I say, “Let the darkness cover me, and night be the light about me,”

⁹ If I lift up the wings of the morning and fly to the end of the sea,

¹⁰ there also your hand would grasp me, and your right hand take hold of me.

¹¹ If I say, “Let the darkness cover me, and night be the light about me,”

⁹ If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea;

¹⁰ Even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.

¹¹ If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; the light around me will be night;”

⁹ If I fly away on the wings of the morning and go to live in the uttermost parts across the sea,

¹⁰ even there your hand will lead me, your right hand will hold on to me.

¹¹ If I said, “Surely the darkness will cover me, and the light will become night around me,”

⁹ If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea,

¹⁰ even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.

¹¹ If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me. The light around me will be night,”

⁹ If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea,

¹⁰ even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.

¹¹ If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me. The light around me will be night,”

⁹ If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

¹⁰ Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

¹¹ If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

⁹ If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea,

¹⁰ even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.

¹¹ If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me. The light around me will be night,”

⁹ If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea,

¹⁰ even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.

¹¹ If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me. The light around me will be night,”

⁹ If I shall take my feathers full early; and shall dwell in the last parts of the sea.

¹⁰ And soothly thither thine hand shall lead me forth; and thy right hand shall hold me.

¹¹ And I said, In hap darknesses shall defoul me; and the night is my lightening in my delights.

⁹ If I shall take my feathers full early; and shall dwell in the last parts of the sea. (If I shall take flight early in the morning; or if I shall live on the farthest edge, or the coast, of the sea.)

¹⁰ And soothly thither thine hand shall lead me forth; and thy right hand shall hold me. (Even there thy hand shall lead me forth; and thy right hand shall keep me safe.)

¹¹ And I said, In hap darknesses shall defoul me; and the night is my lightening in my delights. (And I said, Perhaps the darkness shall cover me; or the light all around me shall become my night.)

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.