Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee. Hengstenberg, in conformity with Psalms 139:9-10 - where Psalms 139:9 is the antecedent condition, Psalms 139:10 the consequent-translates the second clause of Psalms 139:11 parenthetically, '(then at night was the light about me-namely, for my protection),' and makes the consequent begin, not at the second clause, Psalms 139:11, but at Psalms 139:12, 'Even the darkness hideth not from (or darkens not before) thee,' so that thou couldest not see through it.
The darkness and the light are both alike to thee. The Hebrew is expressively terse-`as the darkness so the light.'