This psalm speaks of people who live of the light and people who live of the dark. It acknowledges that both exist and in reality each of is is probably on a continuum, somewhere between two extremes.
The psalm is a prayer of supplication - please help me stay in the light.
It is interesting to read various translations of this psalm and notice the subtle shifts in implication. The newer translations suggest more of a hopelessness and "wrongness" of the dark. The older translations present this psalm more as a statement of what is, rather than judgement and permanence of the "badness" in people.
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