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Salmos 139:11
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Si digo: Ciertamente las tinieblas me envolverán, y la luz en torno mío será noche;
Si dijere: Ciertamente las tinieblas me encubrir�n; aun la noche resplandecer� alrededor de m�.
Si dijere: Ciertamente las tinieblas me encubrir�n; aun la noche resplandecer� por causa de m�.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Surely: Psalms 10:11-13, Psalms 94:7, Job 22:12-14, Isaiah 29:15, Jeremiah 23:24
even the night: Job 12:22
Reciprocal: Numbers 32:23 - be sure your sin 1 Kings 3:20 - midnight Job 22:14 - General Job 26:6 - Hell Job 34:22 - no Ezekiel 16:36 - and thy Daniel 2:22 - he knoweth Hebrews 4:13 - is there
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me - If I seek to find refuge in the darkness of the night so that God would not see me. The word rendered “cover” - שׁוף shûph - means properly to snap, to gape after; then, to lie in wait for; and then, to attack, or fall upon anyone, unexpectedly. It is rendered “bruise” (twice) in Genesis 3:15, “He shall “bruise” thy head, and thou shalt “bruise” his heel;” “breaketh” in Job 9:17, “He “breaketh” me with a tempest;” and in this place “cover.” It does not occur elsewhere. Here it means to fall upon; to overpower; to cover. The idea is, If it should come suddenly upon me; if I should be involved in sudden darkness - “as if” the darkness should come and attempt to “snatch” me away from God. All this would be in vain, for it would be, so far as God is concerned, bright day around me.
Even the night shall be light about me - In respect to me. It shall be as if I stood in the full blaze of light. God can see me still; he can mark my goings; he can perceive all that I do as plainly then as at mid-day. This “is” so: and what a thought this is for a wicked man who seeks to escape detection in his crimes by perpetrating them in the night! What a thought for a good man, that in the darkest night of sorrow, when there seems to be nothing but deep midnight, when there appears to be not a ray of light in his dwelling, or on his path that all to the eye of God is as clear as noon-day! For in that night of sorrow God sees him as plainly as in the brightest days of prosperity and joy.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 139:11. Surely the darkness shall cover me — Should I suppose that this would serve to screen me, immediately this darkness is turned into light.
