Psalms

Psalm 139:11–12

¹¹If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me,

and the light become night around me”—

¹²even the darkness is not dark to You,

but the night shines like the day,

for darkness is as light to You.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
If I say	וָ֭אֹמַר	wā·’ō·mar	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular	H559 utter, say
Surely	אַךְ־	’aḵ-	Adverb	H389 surely
the darkness	חֹ֣שֶׁךְ	ḥō·šeḵ	Noun - masculine singular	H2822 darkness, obscurity
will hide me	יְשׁוּפֵ֑נִי	yə·šū·p̄ê·nî	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular	H7779 bruise
and the light	א֣וֹר	’ō·wr	Noun - common singular	H216 light
become night	וְ֝לַ֗יְלָה	wə·lay·lāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H3915 twist, night, adversity
around me	בַּעֲדֵֽנִי׃	ba·‘ă·ḏê·nî	Preposition; first person common singular	H1157 separation

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
even	גַּם־	gam-	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
the darkness	חֹשֶׁךְ֮	ḥō·šeḵ	Noun - masculine singular	H2822 darkness, obscurity
is not	לֹֽא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
dark	יַחְשִׁ֪יךְ	yaḥ·šîḵ	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2821 be, grow dark
to You	מִ֫מֶּ֥ךָ	mim·me·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
but the night	וְ֭לַיְלָה	wə·lay·lāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H3915 twist, night, adversity
shines	יָאִ֑יר	yā·’îr	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H215 be or become light
like the day	כַּיּ֣וֹם	kay·yō·wm	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day
for darkness	כַּ֝חֲשֵׁיכָ֗ה	ka·ḥă·šê·ḵāh	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H2825 darkness
is as light to You	כָּאוֹרָֽה׃	kā·’ō·w·rāh	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H219 light

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 139:11 Job 12:22 · Jeremiah 23:24 · Psalm 94:7 · Job 22:12–14 · Psalm 10:11–13

Psalm 139:12 Daniel 2:22 · Job 34:22 · Exodus 20:21 · Hebrews 4:13 · Job 26:6

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.