Ask of me,
and I will make the nations your inheritance
and the ends of the earth your possession.(A)

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Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

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If I fly on the wings of the dawn
and settle down on the western horizon,[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 139:9 Lit the end of the sea

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

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16 From the ends of the earth we hear songs:
The Splendor of the Righteous One.(A)
But I said, “I waste away! I waste away![a]
Woe is me.”
The treacherous act treacherously;
the treacherous deal very treacherously.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 24:16 Hb obscure

16 From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.

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