The interpretation timeline
Daniel 3:72 Douay-Rheims

O ye light and darkness, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

1 witness

Post-Reformation

c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
1774–1849
“Darkness. The privation of light has its use, and invites men to praise. (St. Augustine, de Nat. Boni. 16.) (Worthington)”
Modern · 1953 →

The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.