Psalms 139:11
Burning coals will fall upon them. You will cast them down into the fire, into miseries that they will not be able to withstand.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
In Context
10The head of those who encompass me, the labor of their lips, will overwhelm them.
Cross References
Job 12:22He reveals the depths of the darkness, and he brings the shadow of death into the light.
Job 34:22There is no darkness and no shadow of death, where those who work iniquity may be hidden.
Psalms 94:7For he is the Lord our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.
Jeremiah 23:24If a man is hidden in concealed places, do I not see him, says the Lord? Do I not fill up heaven and earth, says the Lord?
Matthew Henry on Psalms 139:8-17
The Omniscience of God. 7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? 8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. 9 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… Read the whole commentary →