21 For His eyes watch over a man’s ways,
and He observes all his steps.(A)
22 There is no darkness, no deep darkness,
where evildoers can hide themselves.(B)

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21 “His eyes are on the ways of mortals;(A)
    he sees their every step.(B)
22 There is no deep shadow,(C) no utter darkness,(D)
    where evildoers can hide.(E)

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21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.

22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

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Where can I go to escape Your Spirit?
Where can I flee from Your presence?(A)
If I go up to heaven, You are there;(B)
if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.(C)
If I live at the eastern horizon
or settle at the western limits,[a]
10 even there Your hand will lead me;
Your right hand will hold on to me.(D)
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me,
and the light around me will be night”(E)
12 even the darkness is not dark to You.
The night shines like the day;
darkness and light are alike to You.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 139:9 Lit I take up the wings of the dawn; I dwell at the end of the sea

Where can I go from your Spirit?
    Where can I flee(A) from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens,(B) you are there;
    if I make my bed(C) in the depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
    if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 even there your hand will guide me,(D)
    your right hand(E) will hold me fast.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
    and the light become night around me,”
12 even the darkness will not be dark(F) to you;
    the night will shine like the day,
    for darkness is as light to you.

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Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

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.

12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

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24 Can a man hide himself in secret places where I cannot see him?”(A)—the Lord’s declaration. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?”(B)—the Lord’s declaration.

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24 Who can hide(A) in secret places
    so that I cannot see them?”
declares the Lord.
    “Do not I fill heaven and earth?”(B)
declares the Lord.

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24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.

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