Re: Psalm 139:7-8 (King James Version)?

Since David knew that it would be impossible to get away from God, he said: “If I should ascend to heaven, there you would be; and if I should spread out my couch in Sheol, look! you would be there.” (Psalm 139:8) In the psalmist’s day, ‘ascending to heaven’ meant going up into the high mountains, the peaks of which are so often obscured by clouds. Yet, if we were on the highest mountain peak, we would not be out of the reach of God’s spirit. Moreover, we could not escape his notice if we had our couch in Sheol, figuratively denoting the lowest parts of the earth.—Compare Deuteronomy 30:11-14; Amos 9:2, 3.