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11 [a]If I say, “Surely the darkness will conceal me
    and the day around me will turn to night,”
12 even the darkness is not dark to you;
    the night is as bright as the day,
    for to you darkness and light are the same.
13 [b]You created my inmost being;
    you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 139:11 There is only light with God, and his light brightens up the darkness. For to you darkness and light are the same: some consider this line to be a gloss.
  2. Psalm 139:13 God not only sees all and penetrates the inaccessible, but he is completely operative there, creating people and providing a purpose for all.