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Psalms 139:11
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Psalms 139:11
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If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,”
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If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
ESV
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If I say, "Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night,"
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I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night—
MSG
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Then I said to myself, "Oh, he even sees me in the dark! At night I'm immersed in the light!"
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If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light around me will become night"-
Psalms 139:11 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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