Psalm 139:9
New International Version
If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,

New Living Translation
If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans,

English Standard Version
If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

Berean Standard Bible
If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,

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

New King James Version
If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

New American Standard Bible
If I take up the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,

NASB 1995
If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,

NASB 1977
If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,

Legacy Standard Bible
If I lift up the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,

Amplified Bible
If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,

Christian Standard Bible
If I fly on the wings of the dawn and settle down on the western horizon,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If I live at the eastern horizon or settle at the western limits,

American Standard Version
If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
If I shall lift my wings like an Eagle's and dwell at the end of the Sea

Brenton Septuagint Translation
If I should spread my wings to fly straight forward, and sojourn at the extremity of the sea, it would be vain,

Contemporary English Version
Suppose I had wings like the dawning day and flew across the ocean.

Douay-Rheims Bible
If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
If I climb upward on the rays of the morning sun [or] land on the most distant shore of the sea where the sun sets,

Good News Translation
If I flew away beyond the east or lived in the farthest place in the west,

International Standard Version
If I take wings with the dawn and settle down on the western horizon

JPS Tanakh 1917
If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

Literal Standard Version
I take the wings of morning, | I dwell in the uttermost part of the sea,

Majority Standard Bible
If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,

New American Bible
If I take the wings of dawn and dwell beyond the sea,

NET Bible
If I were to fly away on the wings of the dawn, and settle down on the other side of the sea,

New Revised Standard Version
If I take the wings of the morning and settle at the farthest limits of the sea,

New Heart English Bible
If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea;

Webster's Bible Translation
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

World English Bible
If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea,

Young's Literal Translation
I take the wings of morning, I dwell in the uttermost part of the sea,

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Context
You Have Searched Me and Known Me
8If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there. 9If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea, 10even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.…

Cross References
Psalm 65:8
Those who live far away fear Your wonders; You make the dawn and sunset shout for joy.

Psalm 139:8
If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.

Psalm 139:10
even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.

Amos 9:3
Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.

Jonah 1:3
Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.


Treasury of Scripture

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

If I take.

the wings

Psalm 18:10
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.

Psalm 19:6
His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

Malachi 4:2
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.

dwell

Psalm 74:16,17
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun…

Isaiah 24:14-16
They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea…

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Psalm 139
1. David praises God for his all-seeing providence
17. And for this infinite mercies
19. He defies the wicked
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(9) If . . .--Literally,

I lift wings of dawn

I dwell in the end of the sea.

The wings of the morning.--This exquisite image suggesting not only the pinions of cloud that seem often to lift the dawn into the sky, but also the swift sailing of the light across the world, may be compared to the "wings of the sun" in Malachi 4:2, and the "wings of the wind" in Psalm 18:10.

The uttermost parts of the sea--i.e., to a Hebrew the extreme west. The poet imagines himself darting from east to farthest west, with the rapidity of light.

Verses 9, 10. - If I take the wings of the morning. If I were to speed across the earth on the wings of the dawn, and, having done so, were then to dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea - the extreme west, where the sun sets - even there shall thy hand lead me. In that distant region I should still find thy guiding hand. And thy right hand shall hold me. Thy strong right hand would uphold me.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
If I rise on
אֶשָּׂ֥א (’eś·śā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

the wings
כַנְפֵי־ (ḵan·p̄ê-)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle

of the dawn,
שָׁ֑חַר (šā·ḥar)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7837: Dawn

if I settle
אֶ֝שְׁכְּנָ֗ה (’eš·kə·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's 7931: To settle down, abide, dwell

by the farthest
בְּאַחֲרִ֥ית (bə·’a·ḥă·rîṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 319: The last, end, the future, posterity

sea,
יָֽם׃ (yām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin


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