Psa 139:11 | NET2full | STEP | If I were to say , “ Certainly the darkness will cover me, and the light will turn to night all around me,”

‏ Psalms 139:11

11 If I were to say, “Certainly the darkness will cover me, ^{▼▼tn The Hebrew verb שׁוּף (shuf), which means “to crush; to wound,” in Gen 3:15 and Job 9:17, is problematic here. For a discussion of attempts to relate the verb to Arabic roots, see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 251. Many emend the form to יְשׂוּכֵּנִי (yesukkeni), from the root שָׂכַך (sakhakh, “to cover,” an alternate form of סָכַך [sakhakh]), a reading assumed in the present translation.}
and the light will turn to night all around me,” ^{▼▼tn Heb “and night, light, around me.”}