Psalms 18:28

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness.”

— WEB

“For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.”

— KJV

“For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.”

— ASV

2 Samuel 22:29 "For you are my lamp, Yahweh. Yahweh will light up my darkness."
Job 29:3 "when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,"
Isaiah 42:16 "I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. I will lead them in paths that they don’t know. I will make darkness light before t…"
Matthew 4:16 "the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned.”Isaiah 9:1-2"
Luke 1:79 "to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace.”"
1 Peter 2:9 "But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of …"
Proverbs 20:27 "The spirit of man is Yahweh’s lamp, searching all his innermost parts."
Psalms 112:4 "Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous."

To give one light is to make prosperous (Job 18:5-6; Job 21:17). thou--is emphatic, as if to say, I can fully confide in Thee for help.

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