Psalm 139:7-12

New International Reader's Version

⁷ How can I get away from your Spirit?
    Where can I go to escape from you?
⁸ If I go up to the heavens, you are there.
    If I lie down in the deepest parts of the earth, you are also there.
⁹ Suppose I were to rise with the sun in the east.
    Suppose I travel to the west where it sinks into the ocean.
¹⁰ Your hand would always be there to guide me.
    Your right hand would still be holding me close.

¹¹ Suppose I were to say, “I’m sure the darkness will hide me.
    The light around me will become as dark as night.”
¹² Even that darkness would not be dark to you.
    The night would shine like the day,
    because darkness is like light to you.