he also walketh in darkness (verse 11a). That is to say, all of his movements are those of a man groping in the dark. “There is not the firm tread, the confidence, the decision, the ease, the clearness of view, the straightness of course, of one who walks in the light of day. The groping, blind man is his picture” (Sawtelle, p. 20). To “be” in the darkness is an idea connoting existence and character; to “walk” in the darkness suggests action and conduct. The two things go together. If a man walks