God continues 'and denied the light to the wicked, and the arm raised in malice is broken.' This verse suggests that the emergence of light at dawn serves to deny opportunity to the wicked and break the power of those raising arms in evil. The verse implies that light itself serves a moral function in preventing wickedness. Yet the verse also raises questions: if light denies opportunity to the wicked, why is wickedness not thereby eliminated? The verse seems to assert a principle that does not seem fully realized in observable reality. The language suggests that moral order is built into the cosmos somehow, yet the observable persistence of wickedness suggests the principle is not straightforward.

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