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Psalms 139:11

God's presenceLoneliness

9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,

10 even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.

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

12 even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.

13 For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

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BSB
If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
KJV
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
WEB
If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me. The light around me will be night,”
ASV
If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night;
DARBY
And if I say, Surely darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night;
BLB
And I said, “Surely the darkness will cover me, and the light [become] night around me”—
ÅB
Og sier jeg: Mørket skjule meg, og lyset omkring meg bli natt -
OTB
Om jeg sier: "Sannelig, mørket skal dekke meg,
Og lyset omkring meg bli natt,"
B1930
Og sier jeg: Mørket skjule mig, og lyset omkring mig bli natt -

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