Psalms 139:11 · KJV
“If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.”
— Psalms 139:11
Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light {are} both alike {to thee}. {hideth...: Heb. darkeneth not} {the darkness and...: Heb. as is the darkness, so is the light}
Psalms 139 — Context
{If} I take the wings of the morning, {and} dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
11If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
12Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light {are} both alike {to thee}. {hideth...: Heb. darkeneth not} {the darkness and...: Heb. as is the darkness, so is the light}
13For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
Cross References
Job 12:22
He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
Jeremiah 23:24
Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
Psalms 94:7
Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard {it}.
Psalms 10:11-13
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see {it}.
Job 22:12-14
{Is} not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are! {height of the stars: Heb. head of the stars}
Isaiah 29:15
Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?