Psalms 139:11

11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,”

Psalms 139:11 in Other Translations

11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

11 If I say, "Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night,"

11 I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night—

11 Then I said to myself, "Oh, he even sees me in the dark! At night I'm immersed in the light!"

11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night;

11 If I say, "Let the darkness hide me and let the light around me turn into night,"

11 If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light around me will become night"-

11 Suppose I were to say, "I'm sure the darkness will hide me. The light around me will become as dark as night."

Psalms 139:11 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 139:11

If I say, surely the darkness shall cover me
The darkness of a cloud or of the night, so that my actions shall not be seen; that is, if I entertain such a thought in my mind, that what I do in the dark will escape the sight and knowledge of God, and so be emboldened to commit it;

even the night shall be light about me;
and make all my works manifest, as light does.

Psalms 139:11 In-Context

9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,

10 even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.

11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,”

12 even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.

13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.