Bible Question (short): being rhetorical in scripture |
Question (full): Psalms 139:7, NIV: Where can I go? Where can I flee to? is there a place where You are not ? I just cannot think of anyone scripturally desiring to get away from God. Acknowledging the omnipresence of God isn't quite the same as focusing on being away from it. Doesn't this this makes the NIV (and others that agree) look like they'd have encouraged David to rhetorically lust after Bathsheba? Isn't the NLT (I can never escape from your Spirit! I can never get away from your presence!) better? |