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Psalms 139:7
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Where can I go to escape your Spirit?Where can I flee from your presence?
Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence?
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence?
Where can I go to get away from your Spirit? Where can I run from you?
Where can I go to escape your spirit? Where can I flee to escape your presence?
Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?
Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?
Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence?
Whither shall I goe from thy Spirite? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Where can I go from Your Spirit?Or where can I flee from Your presence?
Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
Where could I go to escape from your Spirit or from your sight?
Where can I go to escape your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?
Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither flee from thy presence?
Your Spirit is everywhere I go. I cannot escape your presence.
Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Where could I go to escape from you? Where could I get away from your presence?
Where I can go from your Spirit, or where can I flee from your presence?
Where shall I go from Your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from Your face?
Yf I clymme vp in to heauen, thou art there: yf I go downe to hell, thou art there also.
Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Where may I go from your spirit? how may I go in flight from you?
Whither shall I go from Thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from Thy presence?
Whither shall I goe from thy spirit? or whither shall I flie from thy presence?
Whyther can I go from thy spirite: or whyther can I flee away from thy face?
Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither shall I flee from my presence?
Whither shall I from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Whidir schal Y go fro thi spirit; and whider schal Y fle fro thi face?
Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence?
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?
I can never escape from your Spirit! I can never get away from your presence!
Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I run away from where You are?
Where can I go from your spirit? Or where can I flee from your presence?
Whither can I go from thy spirit? or whither, from thy face, can I flee?
(138-7) Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face?
Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Whither do I go from Thy Spirit? And whither from Thy face do I flee?
Is there anyplace I can go to avoid your Spirit? to be out of your sight? If I climb to the sky, you're there! If I go underground, you're there! If I flew on morning's wings to the far western horizon, You'd find me in a minute— you're already there waiting! Then I said to myself, "Oh, he even sees me in the dark! At night I'm immersed in the light!" It's a fact: darkness isn't dark to you; night and day, darkness and light, they're all the same to you.
Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
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Jeremiah 23:23, Jeremiah 23:24, Jonah 1:3, Jonah 1:10, Acts 5:9
Reciprocal: Exodus 20:18 - they removed Joshua 10:16 - and hid 1 Kings 8:27 - the heaven 2 Chronicles 6:18 - heaven Jeremiah 43:8 - General Hosea 7:13 - fled Amos 9:2 - dig Matthew 2:19 - an
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Whither shall I go from thy spirit?.... Or, "from thy wind?" which some interpret literally, the wind being God's creature; which he brings out of his treasures, and holds in his fists, and disposes of as he pleases; this takes its circuit through all the points of the heavens, and blows everywhere, more or less. Rather God himself is meant, who is a Spirit, John 4:24 not a body, or consisting of corporeal parts, which are only ascribed to him in a figurative sense; and who has something analogous to spirit, being simple and uncompounded, invisible, incorruptible, immaterial, and immortal; but is different from all other spirits, being uncreated, eternal, infinite, and immense; so that there is no going from him, as to be out of his sight; nor to any place out of his reach, nor from his wrath and justice, nor so as to escape his righteous judgment. It may signify his all-conscious mind, his all-comprehending understanding and knowledge, which reaches to all persons, places, and things; compare Isaiah 40:13; with Romans 11:34; though it seems best of all to understand it of the third Person, the blessed Spirit, which proceeds from the Father and the Son; and who is possessed of the same perfections, of omniscience, omnipresence, and immensity, as they are; who is the Creator of the heavens and the earth, and pervades them all; and is the Maker of all men, and is present with them to uphold their souls in life, and there is no going from him; particularly he is in all believers, and dwells with them; nor do they desire to go from him, but deprecate his departure from them;
or whither shall I flee from thy presence? which is everywhere, for God's presence is omnipresence; his powerful presence and providence are with all his creatures, to support and uphold them in being; he is not far from, but near to them; in him they live, move, and have their being: and so there is no fleeing from him or that; and as to his gracious presence, which is with all his people, in all places at the same time; they do not desire to flee from it, but always to have it; and are concerned for it, if at any time it is removed from them, as to their apprehension of it. Or, "from thy face" e; that is, from Christ, who is the face of Jehovah; the image of the invisible God, the express image of his person, in whom all the perfections of God are displayed; and such a likeness, that he that has seen the one has seen the other; he is the Angel of his face or presence, and who always appears before him, and in whom he is seen. Now there is no fleeing from him, for he is everywhere; where God is, his face is: and a sensible sinner desires to flee to him, and not from him; for there is no other refuge to flee unto for life and salvation but to him; and gracious souls desire to be always with him now, and hope to be for ever with him hereafter; they seek him, the face of God, now, and expect to see it more clearly in the world to come.
e ××¤× ×× "a facie tua", Pagninus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? - Where shall I go where thy spirit is not; that is, where thou art not; where there is no God. The word âspiritâ here does not refer particularly to the Holy Spirit, but to God âasâ a spirit. âWhither shall I go from the all-pervading Spirit - from God, considered as a spirit?â This is a clear statement that God is a âSpiritâ (compare John 4:24); and that, as a spirit, he is Omnipresent.
Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? - Hebrew, From his face; that is, where he will not be, and will not see me. I cannot find a place - a spot in the universe, where there is not a God, and the same God. Fearful thought to those that hate him - that, much as they may wish or desire it, they can never find a place where there is not a holy God! Comforting to those that love him - that they will never be where they may not find a God - their God; that nowhere, at home or abroad, on land or on the ocean, on earth or above the stars, they will ever reach a world where they will not be in the presence of that God - that gracious Father - who can defend, comfort, guide, and sustain them.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 139:7. Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? — Surely ר×× ruach in this sense must be taken personally, it certainly cannot mean either breath or wind; to render it so would make the passage ridiculous.
From thy presence? — ××¤× ×× mippaneycha, "from thy faces." Why do we meet with this word so frequently in the plural number, when applied to God? And why have we his Spirit, and his appearances or faces, both here? A Trinitarian would at once say, "The plurality of persons in the Godhead is intended;" and who can prove that he is mistaken?
