If I were to say, “Certainly the darkness will cover me, and the light will turn to night all around me,”

Instead he finds pleasure in obeying the Lord’s commands; he meditates on his commands day and night.

Day after day it speaks out; night after night it reveals his greatness.

My God, I cry out during the day, but you do not answer, and during the night my prayers do not let up.

For day and night you tormented me; you tried to destroy me in the intense heat of summer. (Selah)

Day and night they walk around on its walls, while wickedness and destruction are within it.

even the darkness is not too dark for you to see, and the night is as bright as day; darkness and light are the same to you.

I cannot eat, I weep day and night; all day long they say to me, “Where is your God?”