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- Chapter 139
- Verse 8
If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
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Commentary
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Gill's Exposition
If I take the wings of the morning,.... And fly as swift as the morning light to the east, to the extremity of it, as Ben Melech; as far as he could go that way, as swiftly as the wings of the morning…
Barnes' Notes
If I ascend up into heaven - The word “heaven” here, in the original is in the plural number - “heavens,” - and includes all that there is above the earth - the highest worlds. If I make my bed -…
It is of great use to us to know the certainty of the things wherein we have been instructed, that we may not only believe them, but be able to tell why we believe them, and to give a reason of the…
Cambridge Bible
Cp. Amo 9:2 ff.; Jer 23:24.
If Ishould ascend up Another Aramaic word.
if I make my bed in hell Render, and if I should make Sheol my couch.
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