Psalms 139:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

If I say, Only let me be covered by the dark, and the light about me be night;

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 12:22 : 22 Uncovering deep things out of the dark, and making the deep shade bright;
  • Ps 94:7 : 7 And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it.
  • Jer 23:24 : 24 In what secret place may a man take cover without my seeing him? says the Lord. Is there any place in heaven or earth where I am not? says the Lord.
  • Isa 29:15 : 15 Cursed are those who go deep to keep their designs secret from the Lord, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us? and who has knowledge of our acts?
  • Job 22:12-14 : 12 Is not God as high as heaven? and see the stars, how high they are! 13 And you say, What knowledge has God? is he able to give decisions through the deep dark? 14 Thick clouds are covering him, so that he is unable to see; and he is walking on the arch of heaven.
  • Ps 10:11-13 : 11 He says in his heart, God has no memory of me: his face is turned away; he will never see it. 12 Up! O Lord; let your hand be lifted: give thought to the poor. 13 Why has the evil-doer a low opinion of God, saying in his heart, You will not make search for it?

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    3 When his light was shining over my head, and when I went through the dark by his light.

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    28 You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.

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    29 For you are my light, O Lord; and the Lord will make the dark bright for me.

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    11 Your light is made dark so that you are unable to see, and you are covered by a mass of waters.

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    21 Before I go to the place from which I will not come back, to the land where all is dark and black,

    22 A land of thick dark, without order, where the very light is dark.

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    20 When you make it dark, it is night, when all the beasts of the woods come quietly out of their secret places.

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    20 Will not the day of the Lord be dark and not light? even very dark, with no light shining in it?

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    3 The evil man has gone after my soul; my life is crushed down to the earth: he has put me in the dark, like those who have long been dead.

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    71%

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