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Psalm 139:9

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

7Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence?
8If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there!
9If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.
11If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me. The light around me will be night,”
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The wings of dawn and the farthest sea stretch the imagination toward a place so remote that even God's presence might seem out of reach.

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Where else Scripture says this

6 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 55:6I said, “Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest.Both speakers imagine having wings to reach somewhere far away; Psalm 55 names the longing for rest.
Psalm 19:6His going out is from the end of the heavens, his circuit to its ends. There is nothing hidden from its heat.Both passages stretch across vast distances through images of dawn or the sun's course.
Psalm 104:3He lays the beams of his rooms in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind.Both use wings in descriptions of movement, with dawn carrying the imagined traveler and wind bearing God.
Psalm 74:16–17The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.The shared thread is daylight: Psalm 139 pictures dawn, while Psalm 74 declares that day and night belong to God.
2 Samuel 22:11He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he was seen on the wings of the wind.Both depict flight with wings, though Psalm 139 imagines the speaker traveling and Samuel describes God.
Malachi 4:2But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out and leap like calves of the stall.Both combine wings with dawn or sunrise imagery; Malachi adds a promise of healing for those who fear God's name.
Where this verse fits

Feeling distant from God. loneliness. fear for the future.

What the Bible says about doubt →What the Bible says about loneliness →What the Bible says about fear →
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Read verses 9 and 10 aloud as one sentence

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Encouragement

The sentence continues beyond the distant sea: God's hand will lead and hold the speaker even there. You cannot travel beyond the reach of God's presence.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).