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King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst

Psalm 139:12

Gerard van Honthorst, King David Playing the Harp, 1622 · Centraal Museum, Utrecht · Public domainGerard van Honthorst, King David Playing the Harp, 1622, Centraal Museum, Utrecht

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Psalm 139:12 (WEB)

even the darkness doesn’t hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.

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Augustine of Hippo

Jerome

  • ““The night shineth as the day” before Him.” — editor's note: Ps. cxxxix. 11, 12.

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  • “It was no wonder that she sobbed out that even she was in darkness (for this is the meaning of the word Kedar) seeing that, according to the apostle, “the world lieth in the evil one;” and that, “as its darkness is, so is its light;” and that “the light shineth in darkness and the darkness comprehended it not.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxxxix. 12, A.V. marg.

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