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Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.

God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

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

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”

So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.

…so that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.

You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.

And when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me,

At dusk, when the gate was about to close, the men went out, and I do not know which way they went. Pursue them quickly, and you may catch them!”

He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.

He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.

For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness.

If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.

May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.

They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.

…before I go—never to return—to a land of darkness and gloom,

He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.

They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.

He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.

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

He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.

They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.

If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,

He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.

He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.

Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.

…it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.

Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.

In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.

He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.

Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.

…when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,

There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.

Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.

Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,

He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.

For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.

May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.

Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?

You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.

He sent darkness, and it became dark—yet they defied His words.

Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.

Light dawns in the darkness for the upright—for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.

If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—

…even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.

…from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,

Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.