²² There is no dark place, and no thick cloud, in which the workers of evil may take cover.

² Even if they go deep into the underworld, my hand will take them up from there; if they go up to heaven, I will get them down:

³ Though they take cover on the top of Carmel, I will go in search of them and get them out; though they keep themselves from my eyes in the bed of the sea, I will give orders to the great snake there and he will give them a bite:

²⁹ The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.

¹¹ If I say, Only let me be covered by the dark, and the light about me be night;

¹² Even the dark is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day: for dark and light are the same to you.

¹³ And there is nothing made which is not completely clear to him; there is nothing covered, but all things are open to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

⁵ Let the dark and the black night take it for themselves; let it be covered with a cloud; let the dark shades of day send fear on it.

¹⁵ And the kings of the earth, and the rulers, and the chief captains, and the men of wealth, and the strong, and every servant and free man, took cover in the holes and the rocks of the mountains;

¹⁶ And they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Come down on us, covering us from the face of him who is seated on the high seat, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

⁵ For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God.

²⁷ But he will say, Truly, I have no knowledge of you or where you come from; go away from me, you workers of evil.

²³ And then will I say to them, I never had knowledge of you: go from me, you workers of evil.

²⁴ In what secret place may a man take cover without my seeing him? says the Lord. Is there any place in heaven or earth where I am not? says the Lord.

¹⁵ Cursed are those who go deep to keep their designs secret from the Lord, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us? and who has knowledge of our acts?

² The people who went in the dark have seen a great light, and for those who were living in the land of the deepest night, the light is shining.

⁵ The sons of pride have no place before you; you are a hater of all workers of evil.

³ Is it not trouble for the sinner, and destruction for the evil-doers?

¹⁷ For the middle of the night is as morning to them, they are not troubled by the fear of the dark.