The band Petra released an album in 1977 called Come and Join Us which contained the song, “Where Can I Go” written by Bob Hartman. It is another creative meditation on Psalm 139:7-12.
Where Can I Go
(Words and music by Hartman Robert M; Published by Word Music, LLC)
(Listen while you read)
I could take a plane to New York City
I could hitchhike all the way to L.A.
I could follow the sunrise tomorrow
But be as close to You as today
I’m beginning to see what You mean to me
I just can’t get away from Your love
Where can I go without Your love there to haunt me
I do believe You’re playing to win
I can’t understand what makes You really want me
But I’m feelin’ like it’s time to give in
I could climb the golden stairway to heaven
I could catch the crowded highway to hell
If I could find a place nobody has ever been
I bet You’d probably be there as well
I don’t know why I’ve waited so long
Where can I go without Your love there to haunt me
I do believe You’re playing to win
I can’t understand what makes You really want me
But I’m feelin’ like it’s time to give in
Darkness is the same as the light to You
Daytime is the same as the night
When You put Your chains of love around my soul
I know it won’t be long before I let You take control
I could take a submarine to Atlantis
I could take a flying saucer to Mars
I could ride on the Milky Way someday
But You’ve already numbered the stars
I’m beginning to hear Your voice is so near
Tellin’ me You love me again
Where can I go without Your love there to haunt me
I do believe You’re playing to win
I can’t understand what makes You really want me
But I’m feelin’ like it’s time to give in
Psalm 139:7-12 (New International Version):
Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.
If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,”
even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.