12 even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.
12 even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you.
12 It's a fact: darkness isn't dark to you; night and day, darkness and light, they're all the same to you.
12 Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, But the night shines as the day; The darkness and the light are both alike to You.
12 but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to you.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 139:12
Commentary on Psalm 139:7-16
(Read Psalm 139:7-16)
We cannot see God, but he can see us. The psalmist did not desire to go from the Lord. Whither can I go? In the most distant corners of the world, in heaven, or in hell, I cannot go out of thy reach. No veil can hide us from God; not the thickest darkness. No disguise can save any person or action from being seen in the true light by him. Secret haunts of sin are as open before God as the most open villanies. On the other hand, the believer cannot be removed from the supporting, comforting presence of his Almighty Friend. Should the persecutor take his life, his soul will the sooner ascend to heaven. The grave cannot separate his body from the love of his Saviour, who will raise it a glorious body. No outward circumstances can separate him from his Lord. While in the path of duty, he may be happy in any situation, by the exercise of faith, hope, and prayer.