If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Cover. Literally, tread me under foot "conculcabunt. (Haydock)
Hebrew, "shall cover or be my aurora. "(Calmet)
Pleasures of the most secret kind. All is naked before God. (Haydock)
The prophet speaks in the name of all who are curious, that darkness itself cannot hide any thing from him. (Worthington)
He seems also to represent one who seeks to avoid being seen in his pleasures. (Berthier)
Hebrew, "around me. "But it also has the former meaning, and shows that if we seek to indulge ourselves in darkness, it will be all in vain. (Menochius)
