Psalms 139:12

“Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee, etc.] Any thing that is done by men in it; or “darkeneth not from thee”f1853, or causeth such darkness as to hinder the sight of any action committed. The Targum is, “from thy Word;” (see <580412>Hebrews 4:12,13); but the night shineth as the day; or “enlightens as the day”f1854, gives as much light with respect to God as the day does; the darkness and the light [are] both alike [to thee]; as is the one, so is the other: the day gives him no more light than the night, and the night no more darkness than the day; he sees as well, as clearly and distinctly, in the one as in the other. The psalmist expresses the same thing in different words three or four…”

“Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee - Margin, as in Hebrew, “darkeneth not.” Darkness does not make darkness to thee. It makes things dark to us; not to him. So it is in natural darkness; so in moral darkness ness. It seems dark to us; it is not so to him. Things appear dark to us - disappointment, bereavement, trouble, care, losses; but all is light to God. The existence of sin and suffering on the earth seems dark to us; not to him, for he sees the reasons and the end of all. But the night shineth as the day - One is as bright and clear to him as the other. The darkness and the light are both alike to thee - Margin, as in Hebrew, “As is the darkness so is the light.” To thee there is no…”

“the darkness: Exo 14:20, Exo 20:21; Job 26:6, Job 34:22; Dan 2:22; Heb 4:13 hideth not: Heb. darkeneth not the darkness: etc. Heb. as is the darkness, so is the light Psalms 139:13”