Psalms 139:11
I could request the darkness to hide me, or I could request the light around me to become darkness,
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
In Context
10you would be there also, to lead me by your hand, and you would help me.
Cross References
Job 12:22He causes things that are hidden in the darkness to be revealed.
Job 34:22There is no gloom or darkness [DOU] that is so dark that sinners can hide from him in that darkness.
Psalms 94:7Those wicked people say, “Yahweh does not see anything; so the God whom those Israelis worship does not see the evil things that we do.”
Jeremiah 23:24So, no one can hide in some secret place with the result that I cannot see him. I am everywhere, in heaven and on the earth! That is what I, Yahweh, say!
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 →