Psalms 18:28
26 to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.
27 For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.
For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.
29 For in You I can charge an army, and with my God I can scale a wall.
30 As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.
- KJV
- For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
- WEB
- For you will light my lamp, LORD. My God will light up my darkness.
- ASV
- For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.
- DARBY
- For it is thou that makest my lamp to shine: Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.
- BLB
- For You light my lamp; YHWH my God makes my darkness shine bright.
- ÅB
- For du lar lampen min skinne;
Herren, min Gud, gir lys i mørket mitt. - OTB
- For du tenner min lampe;
Herren min Gud lyser opp mitt mørke. - B1930
- For du lar min lampe skinne; Herren min Gud opklarer mitt mørke.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Samuel 22:29
For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness.
Read in contextJob 29:3
when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
Read in contextIsaiah 42:16
I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.
Read in contextMatthew 4:16
the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”
Read in contextLuke 1:79
to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
Read in context1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
Read in contextPsalms 112:4
Light dawns in the darkness for the upright— for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
Read in contextProverbs 20:27
The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, searching out his inmost being.
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