Psalms 139:11
And I say, “Surely darkness bruises me,” || Then night [is] light to me.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
In Context
10Also there Your hand leads me, || And Your right hand holds me.
12Also darkness does not hide from You, || And night shines as day, || As [is] darkness so [is] light.
Cross References
Job 12:22Removing deep things out of darkness, || And He brings out to light death-shade.
Job 34:22There is no darkness nor death-shade, || For workers of iniquity to be hidden there;
Psalms 94:7And they say, “YAH does not see, || And the God of Jacob does not consider.”
Jeremiah 23:24Is anyone hidden in secret places, || And I do not see him?” A declaration of YHWH, “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” A declaration of YHWH.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 139:8-17
The Omniscience of God. 7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? 8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. 9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; 10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. 11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. 12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the… Read the whole commentary →