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Psalm 139:9-11
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

9 If I take the wings of dawn[a]
    and dwell beyond the sea,
10 Even there your hand guides me,
    your right hand holds me fast.
11 If I say, “Surely darkness shall hide me,
    and night shall be my light”[b]—

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Footnotes

  1. 139:9 Take the wings of dawn: go to the extremities of the east. Beyond the sea: uttermost bounds of the west; the sea is the Mediterranean.
  2. 139:11 Night shall be my light: night to me is what day is to others.
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