From the rush of my onslaught who can flee?
—Hymn to Belit.
There is an incomparably finer conception of god’s omnipresence and omniscience in Psalm 139:7-12:
Whither shall I go from thy Spirit?
Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
If I ascend up unto heaven thou art there;
If I make my bed in Sheol behold thou art there;
If I take the wings of the morning,
And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
Even there shall thy hand lead me,