New Revised Standard Version
If I take the wings of the morning and settle at the farthest limits of the sea,

Contemporary English Version
Suppose I had wings like the dawning day and flew across the ocean.

New American Bible
If I take the wings of dawn and dwell beyond the sea,

Douay-Rheims Bible
If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:

If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:

If I take.

194,188 miles in one second of time; and comes from the sun to the earth, a distance of

95,513,794 miles in

8 minutes and nearly

12 seconds! But, could I even fly upon the wings or rays of the morning light, which diffuses itself with such velocity over the globe from east to west, instead of being beyond Thy reach, or by this sudden transition be able to escape thy notice. Thy arm could still at pleasure prevent or arrest my progress, and I should still be encircled with the immensity of Thy essence. The sentiment in this noble passage is remarkably striking and the description truly sublime.

the wings

Psalm 18:10 And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew; he flew upon the wings of the winds.

Psalm 19:6 His going out is from the end of heaven, And his circuit even to the end thereof: and there is no one that can hide himself from his heat.

Malachi 4:2 But unto you that fear my name, the Sun of justice shall arise, and health in his wings: and you shall go forth, and shall leap like calves of the herd.

dwell

Psalm 74:16,17 Thine is the day, and thine is the night: thou hast made the morning light and the sun. . . .

Isaiah 24:14-16 These shall lift up their voice, and shall give praise: when the Lord shall be glorified, they shall make a joyful noise from the sea. . . .