If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and the light about me be night,”
even the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is bright as the day,
for darkness is as light with you.
— Psalm 139:11–12
Lord God, heavenly Father, I no longer can see your radiant face. The darkness threatens to overwhelm me. I fear it will crush me under its weight. But you see me; you are with me, even in this dark pit. Your presence means darkness cannot have the last word. Preserve me and guard me until I see the light of your countenance once again, through Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen.
