If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light around me become night. The hypothetical speech suggests attempting to hide through darkness; the psalmist imagines that darkness might provide concealment from divine knowledge. The transformation of light into night represents the most complete possible obscuration. The conditional phrasing (If I say) suggests that such hope is futile. This verse imagines darkness as potential refuge; the following verse will refute this notion.

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