Psalms 18:28
26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust 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 thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
Read in contextJob 29:3
When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
Read in contextIsaiah 42:16
And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
Read in contextMatthew 4:16
The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
Read in contextLuke 1:79
To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Read in context1 Peter 2:9
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Read in contextPsalms 112:4
Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
Read in contextProverbs 20:27
The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
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