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He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him— the dark rain clouds of the sky.
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You, Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.
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But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals; you covered us over with deep darkness.
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“The ‘gods’ know nothing, they understand nothing. They walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
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Are your wonders known in the place of darkness, or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?
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You have taken from me friend and neighbor— darkness is my closest friend.
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nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.
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Clouds and thick darkness surround him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
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You bring darkness, it becomes night, and all the beasts of the forest prowl.
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He sent darkness and made the land dark— for had they not rebelled against his words?
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Some sat in darkness, in utter darkness, prisoners suffering in iron chains,
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He brought them out of darkness, the utter darkness, and broke away their chains.
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Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for those who are gracious and compassionate and righteous.
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If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,”
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even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.
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The enemy pursues me, he crushes me to the ground; he makes me dwell in the darkness like those long dead.
