In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
In the twilight, in the evening - (Hebrew, in the evening of the day). In the black and dark night - literally, 'in the blackness,' or 'pupil,' 'apple of the eye' (Proverbs 7:2.), 'of night.' It was at the close of day, when, after twilight is past, "black and dark night" has set in. Lust hates the light, being conscious of its own guilt. Sin hides itself in kindred darkness (Job 24:15; John 3:20). The sinner thinks no eye can see him in the dark; but God's eye is upon him (Psalms 139:12), and God often employs others, as Solomon here, to witness and then expose the sinner's shame.