And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.

God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.

and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

So it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel. Thus it was a cloud and darkness to the one, and it gave light by night to the other, so that the one did not come near the other all that night.

May that day be darkness; May God above not seek it, Nor the light shine upon it.

A land as dark as darkness itself, As the shadow of death, without any order, Where even the light is like darkness.’ ”

He uncovers deep things out of darkness, And brings the shadow of death to light.

They change the night into day; ‘The light is near,’ they say, in the face of darkness.

He is driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.

He drew a circular horizon on the face of the waters, At the boundary of light and darkness.

When His lamp shone upon my head, And when by His light I walked through darkness;

But when I looked for good, evil came to me; And when I waited for light, then came darkness.

“Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place,

For You will light my lamp; The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.

Unto the upright there arises light in the darkness; He is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

If I say, “Surely the darkness shall fall on me,” Even the night shall be light about me;

Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, But the night shines as the day; The darkness and the light are both alike to You.

Then I saw that wisdom excels folly As light excels darkness.

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

In that day they will roar against them Like the roaring of the sea. And if one looks to the land, Behold, darkness and sorrow; And the light is darkened by the clouds.

The people who walked in darkness Have seen a great light; Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, Upon them a light has shined.

I will bring the blind by a way they did not know; I will lead them in paths they have not known. I will make darkness light before them, And crooked places straight. These things I will do for them, And not forsake them.

I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create calamity; I, the Lord, do all these things.’

“Who among you fears the Lord? Who obeys the voice of His Servant? Who walks in darkness And has no light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord And rely upon his God.

If you extend your soul to the hungry And satisfy the afflicted soul, Then your light shall dawn in the darkness, And your darkness shall be as the noonday.