God said, “Let there be light.” And there was light!

When morning came, the men and their donkeys were sent off.

They grope about in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.

The light in his tent grows dark; his lamp above him is extinguished.

He has searched the sources of the rivers and what was hidden he has brought into the light.

The godly bask in the light; the morally upright experience joy.

He covers himself with light as if it were a garment. He stretches out the skies like a tent curtain,

The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.

He drove me into captivity and made me walk in darkness and not light.

(9:1) The people walking in darkness see a bright light; light shines on those who live in a land of deep darkness.

Ahiam son of Sakar the Hararite, Eliphal son of Ur,

“Why does God give light to one who is in misery, and life to those whose soul is bitter,

These men change night into day; they say, ‘The light is near in the face of darkness.’

“Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine.

Whatever you decide on a matter, it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.

if I looked at the sun when it was shining, and the moon advancing as a precious thing,

With his hands he covers the lightning, and directs it against its target.

Do you know how God commands them, how he makes lightning flash in his storm cloud?

Its snorting throws out flashes of light; its eyes are like the red glow of dawn.

For you are the one who gives and sustains life.