Mazmur 139:12

139:12 even the darkness is not too dark for you to see, ¹ 

and the night is as bright as ²  day;

darkness and light are the same to you. ³ 

Mazmur 16:7

16:7 I will praise ⁴  the Lord who ⁵  guides ⁶  me;

yes, during the night I reflect and learn. ⁷ 

[139:12]  ¹ tn The words “to see” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

[139:12]  ² tn Heb “shines like.”

[139:12]  ³ tn Heb “like darkness, like light.”

[16:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “bless,” that is, “proclaim as worthy of praise.”

[16:7]  ⁵ tn Or “because.”

[16:7]  ⁶ tn Or “counsels, advises.”

[16:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “yes, [during] nights my kidneys instruct [or “correct”] me.” The “kidneys” are viewed here as the seat of the psalmist’s moral character (see Ps 26:2). In the quiet darkness the Lord speaks to his inner being, as it were, and enables him to grow in moral understanding.