Psalm 139:9 {138:9}
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If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:

If I take.

194,188 miles in one second of time; and comes from the sun to the earth, a distance of

95,513,794 miles in

8 minutes and nearly

12 seconds! But, could I even fly upon the wings or rays of the morning light, which diffuses itself with such velocity over the globe from east to west, instead of being beyond Thy reach, or by this sudden transition be able to escape thy notice. Thy arm could still at pleasure prevent or arrest my progress, and I should still be encircled with the immensity of Thy essence. The sentiment in this noble passage is remarkably striking and the description truly sublime.

the wings

Psalm 18:10 And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew; he flew upon the wings of the winds.

Psalm 19:6 His going out is from the end of heaven, And his circuit even to the end thereof: and there is no one that can hide himself from his heat.

Malachi 4:2 But unto you that fear my name, the Sun of justice shall arise, and health in his wings: and you shall go forth, and shall leap like calves of the herd.

dwell

Psalm 74:16,17 Thine is the day, and thine is the night: thou hast made the morning light and the sun. . . .

Isaiah 24:14-16 These shall lift up their voice, and shall give praise: when the Lord shall be glorified, they shall make a joyful noise from the sea. . . .

Context
You Have Searched Me and Known Me
8If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present. 9If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:10Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me.…
Cross References
Psalm 65:8
And they that dwell in the uttermost borders shall be afraid at thy signs: thou shalt make the outgoings of the morning and of the evening to be joyful.

Psalm 139:8
If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present.

Psalm 139:10
Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me.

Amos 9:3
Though they go down even to hell, thence shall my hand bring them out: and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.

Jonah 1:3
Arise and go to Ninive, the great city, and preach in it: For the wickedness thereof is come up before me.

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

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

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

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

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

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


Additional Translations
If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,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 uttermost parts of the sea;

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

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

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 uttermost parts of the sea;

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

I take the wings of morning, I dwell in the uttermost part of the sea,
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