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 me,
    and I will make the nations(A) your inheritance,(B)
    the ends of the earth(C) your 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 rise on the wings of the dawn,
    if I settle on the far side 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 ends of the earth(A) we hear singing:(B)
    “Glory(C) to the Righteous One.”(D)

But I said, “I waste away, I waste away!(E)
    Woe(F) to me!
The treacherous(G) betray!
    With treachery the treacherous betray!(H)

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