⁶ The realm of the dead^(A) is naked before God;
    Destruction^[a](B) lies uncovered.^(C)

¹² even the darkness will not be dark^(A) to you;
    the night will shine like the day,
    for darkness is as light to you.

⁷ I form the light and create darkness,^(A)
    I bring prosperity and create disaster;^(B)
    I, the Lord, do all these things.

²⁴ Who can hide^(A) in secret places
    so that I cannot see them?”
declares the Lord.
    “Do not I fill heaven and earth?”^(B)
declares the Lord.