Psalms 139:11-12

If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”— even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Psalms 139

3 songs meet this passage

  • “Burning through my darkest night”

    Halo · Beyoncé

    resonates with Psalms 139:11-12

    The image of light breaking into darkness mirrors how Scripture describes God's presence dispelling darkness, even when the song applies it romantically.

  • “Would you ever love someone like me, like me?”

    Dracula · Tame Impala

    resonates with Psalms 139:11-12

    The ache to be loved even while hidden in darkness echoes this psalm's assurance that darkness itself is not dark to God, who sees and knows us fully anyway.

  • “the dark is too hard to beat”

    Lights · Ellie Goulding

    resonates with Psalms 139:11-12

    The psalmist names the same fear of overwhelming darkness, yet finds that even darkness is not dark to God.

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