If I ascend up into heaven – The word “heaven” here, in the original, is in the plural number – “heavens” – and includes all that t…

If I make my bed in hell. —Literally, If I make Sheôl my bed. (For the thought see Amos 9:2, and compare to Prov…

Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there:

The true glory of that bright world.

If I ascend up into heaven, you [are] there
No man has ascended or can ascend to heaven of himself; it is an hyperbo…

We cannot see God, but he can see us. The psalmist did not desire to go from the Lord. Where can I go? In the most distant corners of the world, in…