I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night—
Then she got up in the night and took my son from beside me while I was asleep. She laid her dead child in my arms and took mine to sleep beside her.
“He uncovers mysteries hidden in darkness; he brings light to the deepest gloom.
No darkness is thick enough to hide the wicked from his eyes.
“The Lord isn’t looking,” they say, “and besides, the God of Israel doesn’t care.”
What sorrow awaits those who try to hide their plans from the Lord, who do their evil deeds in the dark! “The Lord can’t see us,” they say. “He doesn’t know what’s going on!”
Can anyone hide from me in a secret place? Am I not everywhere in all the heavens and earth?” says the Lord.