Psalms 139:11 (GNV)

Passage

If I say, Yet the darkenes shall hide me, euen the night shalbe light about me.

Nearby Context

Psalms 139:9 Let mee take the winges of the morning, and dwell in the vttermost parts of the sea:

Psalms 139:10 Yet thither shall thine hand leade me, and thy right hand holde me.

Psalms 139:11 If I say, Yet the darkenes shall hide me, euen the night shalbe light about me.

Psalms 139:12 Yea, the darkenes hideth not from thee: but the night shineth as the day: the darkenes and light are both alike.

Psalms 139:13 For thou hast possessed my reines: thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "light", "darkenes", "shall", "hide", "euen", "night", and "shalbe". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "light" and "darkenes", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "Yet thither shall thine hand leade me..." into verse 12's "Yea the darkenes hideth not from thee...", so "light" and "darkenes" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "light" and "darkenes" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.