Psalms 139:10 (WEB)

Passage

Even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.

Nearby Context

Psalms 139:8 If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there!

Psalms 139:9 If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea;

Psalms 139:10 Even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.

Psalms 139:11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; the light around me will be night”;

Psalms 139:12 even the darkness doesn’t hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "even", "hand", "lead", "right", and "hold". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "even" and "hand", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "If I take the wings of the..." into verse 11's "If I say Surely the darkness will...", so "even" and "hand" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "even" and "hand" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.