Psalms 139:7

The power and presence of God are universal. The Psalmist's question does not imply that he wishes to escape from God, but that escape would be impossible if he wished it. The -spirit of Jehovah" in the O.T. is "the living energy of a personal God" (see Swete in Hastings" Bible Dict. ii. p. 404): His -presence" (lit. countenance) is His personal manifestation of Himself in relation to men. See Oehler, Theology of O.T. i. § 57. Cp. Exodus 33:14-15; Jonah 1:3; Jonah 1:10; Isaiah 63:9-10; Wis 1:7 ff.