Make it a day of gloom and thick darkness; cover it with clouds, and blot out the sun.

There is no darkness dark enough to hide a sinner from God.

Has anyone ever shown you the gates that guard the dark world of the dead?

Even if I go through the deepest darkness, I will not be afraid, LORD, for you are with me. Your shepherd's rod and staff protect me.

Yet you left us helpless among wild animals; you abandoned us in deepest darkness.

Are your miracles seen in that place of darkness or your goodness in the land of the forgotten?

They did not care about me, even though I rescued them from Egypt and led them through the wilderness: a land of deserts and sand pits, a dry and dangerous land where no one lives and no one will even travel.

Honor the LORD, your God, before he brings darkness, and you stumble on the mountains; before he turns into deep darkness the light you hoped for.

Besides all that, there is a deep pit lying between us, so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot do so, nor can anyone cross over to us from where you are.'