whom the black darkness has

This was the first thing I saw when I opened up Beliefnet this morning. These were two of the verses in this morning's reading {Ps16}:

"Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices" (v9)
"In Thy presence is fullness of joy" (v11)

Perhaps there is some grand conspiracy going on to force me to face facts. Sometimes I run as if being chased, and that is not far from the truth of it. The truth of it looks more like the chasing is long over and I have long-since lost and having been caught I lay there as the chaser leaves footprints as deep as the shadows and as long as the darkness.