There is no darkness, and no deep darkness, where evildoers can hide themselves.

Tell us what we should say to him. We cannot prepare a case because of the darkness.

May their path be dark and slippery, as the Lord’s angel chases them!

Are your amazing deeds experienced in the dark region, or your deliverance in the land of oblivion?

He made it dark; they did not disobey his orders.

In the darkness a light shines for the godly, for each one who is merciful, compassionate, and just.

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

The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.

But with an overwhelming flood he will make a complete end of Nineveh; he will drive his enemies into darkness.

God saw that the light was good, so God separated the light from the darkness.

to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.

He watches over his holy ones, but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness, for it is not by one’s own strength that one prevails.

That day – let it be darkness; let not God on high regard it, nor let light shine on it!

Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it!

He does not expect to escape from darkness; he is marked for the sword;

he wanders about – food for vultures; he knows that the day of darkness is at hand.

He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots and he will depart by the breath of God’s mouth.

Total darkness waits to receive his treasures; a fire which has not been kindled will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.

In the dark the robber breaks into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.

He marks out the horizon on the surface of the waters as a boundary between light and darkness.