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Psalms 139:11-12
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Psalms 139:11-12
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If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,”
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even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.
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Psalms 139:11-12 Meaning and Commentary
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John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Psalms 139:11-12 In-Context
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If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,
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even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.
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If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,”
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even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.
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For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
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I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
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Job 34:22
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Daniel 2:22
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