For deep darkness is morning to all of them; for they are friends with the terrors of deep darkness.
Psalm 23:4 - New Revised Standard Version Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff— they comfort me. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Yes, though I walk through the [deep, sunless] valley of the shadow of death, I will fear or dread no evil, for You are with me; Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort me. American Standard Version (1901) Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. Common English Bible Even when I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no danger because you are with me. Your rod and your staff— they protect me. Catholic Public Domain Version The innocent of hands and the clean of heart, who has not received his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbor. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The innocent in hands, and clean of heart, who hath not taken his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour. |
For deep darkness is morning to all of them; for they are friends with the terrors of deep darkness.
Let gloom and deep darkness claim it. Let clouds settle upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
The Lord sends out from Zion your mighty scepter. Rule in the midst of your foes.
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve me against the wrath of my enemies; you stretch out your hand, and your right hand delivers me.
There they shall be in great terror, for God is with the company of the righteous.
I am not afraid of ten thousands of people who have set themselves against me all around.
yet you have broken us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with deep darkness.
do not fear, for I am with you, do not be afraid, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.
They did not say, “Where is the Lord who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us in the wilderness, in a land of deserts and pits, in a land of drought and deep darkness, in a land that no one passes through, where no one lives?”
Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock that belongs to you, which lives alone in a forest in the midst of a garden land; let them feed in Bashan and Gilead as in the days of old.
I took my staff Favor and broke it, annulling the covenant that I had made with all the peoples.
Then I broke my second staff Unity, annulling the family ties between Judah and Israel.
Thus says the Lord of hosts: In those days ten men from nations of every language shall take hold of a Jew, grasping his garment and saying, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”
“Look, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel,” which means, “God is with us.”
and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”