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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 139:12

Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light [are] both alike [to thee].

Ver. 12. Yea, the darkness hideth not] Heb. darkeneth not from thee, because thine eyes are fiery, Revelation 1:14, such as need no outward light; they are more light and radiant than the sun in his strength.

The darkness and the light, &c.] Deo obscura clarent, muta respondent, silentium confitetur, saith an ancient; Night will convert itself into noon before God, and silence prove a speaking evidence.

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See also Psalms 139:12 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 139:12. _YEA, THE DARKNESS HIDETH NOT FROM THEE_] Darkness and light, ignorance and knowledge, are things that stand in relation to us; God sees equally in _darkness_ as in _light_; and...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    CXXXIX. GOD IS EVERYWHERE: HE KNOWS EVERYTHING OH THAT HE WOULD DESTROY THE WICKED. This Ps. is among the most spiritual productions of the OT. It deals with the mystery of Divine providence, a theme...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HIDETH NOT FROM. cannot be too dark for....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    And if I say, Nay, but darkness might shroud me, And the light about me become night; Even darkness hideth not from thee, &c. It is as impossible to hide from God under cover of darkness as it is t...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    גַּם ־חֹשֶׁךְ֮ לֹֽא ־יַחְשִׁ֪יךְ מִ֫מֶּ֥ךָ וְ֭...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The children's great texts of the Bible by James Hastings

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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