'Light' in the Bible

“May that day be darkness;Let not God above care for it,Nor light shine on it.

“Let the stars of its twilight be darkened;Let it wait for light but have none,And let it not see the breaking dawn;

“Or like a miscarriage which is discarded, I would not be,As infants that never saw light.

“Why is light given to him who suffers,And life to the bitter of soul,

“Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden,And whom God has hedged in?

“He reveals mysteries from the darknessAnd brings the deep darkness into light.

“They grope in darkness with no light,And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.

“They make night into day, saying,‘The light is near,’ in the presence of darkness.

“Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out,And the flame of his fire gives no light.

“The light in his tent is darkened,And his lamp goes out above him.

“He is driven from light into darkness,And chased from the inhabited world.

“You will also decree a thing, and it will be established for you;And light will shine on your ways.

“Others have been with those who rebel against the light;They do not want to know its waysNor abide in its paths.

“In the dark they dig into houses,They shut themselves up by day;They do not know the light.

“Is there any number to His troops?And upon whom does His light not rise?

“He has inscribed a circle on the surface of the watersAt the boundary of light and darkness.

“He dams up the streams from flowing,And what is hidden he brings out to the light.

When His lamp shone over my head,And by His light I walked through darkness;

“I smiled on them when they did not believe,And the light of my face they did not cast down.

“When I expected good, then evil came;When I waited for light, then darkness came.

‘He has redeemed my soul from going to the pit,And my life shall see the light.’

To bring back his soul from the pit,That he may be enlightened with the light of life.

“Now men do not see the light which is bright in the skies;But the wind has passed and cleared them.

“From the wicked their light is withheld,And the uplifted arm is broken.

“Where is the way to the dwelling of light?And darkness, where is its place,

“Where is the way that the light is divided,Or the east wind scattered on the earth?

“His sneezes flash forth light,And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.