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Brenton's Septuagint

Psalms 18:28

For thou, O Lord, wilt light my lamp: my God, thou wilt lighten my darkness.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blessing;   Faith;   Thompson Chain Reference - Candle;   Enlightenment;   Light-Darkness;   Spiritual;   The Topic Concordance - Enlightenment;   Light;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Lamps;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Fire;   Psalms, the Book of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Candle;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Apocalyptic Literature;   David;   English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Jonah;   Psalms;   Salvation, Saviour;   Sin;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Psalms the book of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Candle;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Candle;   Enlighten;  

Devotionals:

- Faith's Checkbook - Devotion for September 27;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Lord, you light my lamp;my God illuminates my darkness.
Hebrew Names Version
For you will light my lamp. The LORD, my God, will light up my darkness.
King James Version
For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
English Standard Version
For it is you who light my lamp; the Lord my God lightens my darkness.
New Century Version
Lord , you give light to my lamp. My God brightens the darkness around me.
New English Translation
Indeed, you are my lamp, Lord . My God illuminates the darkness around me.
Amplified Bible
For You cause my lamp to be lighted and to shine; The LORD my God illumines my darkness.
New American Standard Bible
For You light my lamp; The LORD my God illumines my darkness.
World English Bible
For you will light my lamp. Yahweh, my God, will light up my darkness.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Surely thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God wil lighten my darkenes.
Legacy Standard Bible
For You light my lamp;Yahweh my God illumines my darkness.
Berean Standard Bible
For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God enlightens my darkness.
Contemporary English Version
You, the Lord God, keep my lamp burning and turn darkness to light.
Complete Jewish Bible
People afflicted, you save; but haughty eyes, you humble.
Darby Translation
For it is thou that makest my lamp to shine: Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.
Easy-to-Read Version
Lord , you provide the flame for my lamp. You, God, turn the darkness around me into light.
George Lamsa Translation
For thou wilt light my lamp; the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
Good News Translation
O Lord , you give me light; you dispel my darkness.
Lexham English Bible
For you light my lamp; Yahweh, my God, lights up my darkness.
Literal Translation
For You will light my lamp; Jehovah my God will make my darkness light.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou lightest my cadle, o LORDE my God: thou makest my darcknesse to be light.
American Standard Version
For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.
Bible in Basic English
You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For Thou dost save the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes Thou dost humble.
King James Version (1611)
For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkenesse.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou also hast lyghtened my candell: God my Lorde hath made my darknesse to be lyght.
English Revised Version
For thou wilt light my lamp: the LORD my God will lighten my darkness.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For thou schalt make saaf a meke puple; and thou schalt make meke the iyen of proude men.
Update Bible Version
For you will light my lamp: Yahweh my God will lighten my darkness.
Webster's Bible Translation
For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
New King James Version
For You will light my lamp; The LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
New Living Translation
You light a lamp for me. The Lord , my God, lights up my darkness.
New Life Bible
You make my lamp bright. The Lord my God lights my darkness.
New Revised Standard
It is you who light my lamp; the Lord , my God, lights up my darkness.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, thou, didst light up my lamp, Yahweh my God, enlightened my darkness;
Douay-Rheims Bible
(17-29) For thou lightest my lamp, O Lord: O my God, enlighten my darkness.
Revised Standard Version
Yea, thou dost light my lamp; the LORD my God lightens my darkness.
Young's Literal Translation
For Thou -- Thou lightest my lamp, Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.
THE MESSAGE
Suddenly, God , you floodlight my life; I'm blazing with glory, God's glory! I smash the bands of marauders, I vault the highest fences.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For You light my lamp; The Lord my God illumines my darkness.

Contextual Overview

20 And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands will he recompense me. 21 For I have kept the way of the Lord and have not wickedly departed from my God. 22 For all his judgments were before me, and his ordinances departed not from me. 23 And I shall be blameless with hem, and shall keep myself from mine iniquity. 24 And the Lord shall recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands before his eyes. 25 With the holy thou wilt be holy; and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent. 26 And with the excellent man thou wilt be excellent; and with the perverse thou wilt shew frowardness. 27 For thou wilt save the lowly people, and wilt humble the eyes of the proud. 28 For thou, O Lord, wilt light my lamp: my God, thou wilt lighten my darkness.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thou wilt: Psalms 112:4, Job 18:6, Job 29:3

candle: or, lamp, Psalms 132:17, 2 Samuel 22:29, 1 Kings 11:36, Proverbs 20:27, Isaiah 62:1

my God: Isaiah 42:16, Matthew 4:16, Luke 1:79, 1 Peter 2:9

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 15:4 - lamp Esther 8:16 - had light Psalms 7:1 - O Psalms 13:3 - lighten Psalms 27:1 - light Psalms 34:5 - and were Psalms 97:11 - Light Psalms 118:27 - showed Psalms 119:105 - lamp John 8:12 - shall not

Cross-References

Genesis 18:3
And he said, Lord, if indeed I have found grace in thy sight, pass not by thy servant.
Genesis 18:4
Let water now be brought, and let them wash your feet, and do ye refresh yourselves under the tree.
Genesis 18:17
And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraam my servant what things I intend to do?
Genesis 18:19
For I know that he will order his sons, and his house after him, and they will keep the ways of the Lord, to do justice and judgment, that the Lord may bring upon Abraam all things whatsoever he has spoken to him.
Genesis 18:26
And the Lord said, If there should be in Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole city, and the whole place for their sakes.
Genesis 18:29
And he continued to speak to him still, and said, But if there should be found there forty? And he said, I will not destroy it for the forty’s sake.
Genesis 18:32
And he said, Will there be anything against me, Lord, if I speak yet once? but if there should be found there ten? And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten’s sake.
Genesis 18:33
And the Lord departed, when he left off speaking to Abraam, and Abraam returned to his place.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For thou wilt light my candle,.... Or lamp d: in

2 Samuel 22:29, it is, "Thou [art] my lamp, O Lord"; which may either design outward prosperity, and the flourishing condition of David's kingdom; or internal spiritual light, and an increase of it, by giving fresh supplies of the oil of grace, to cause the lamp to burn more clearly; or rather the prosperous estate of Christ's kingdom; and may be the same with the lamp ordained for the Messiah, Psalms 132:17;

the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness; or "cause light to shine in my darkness" e; that is, bring me out of darkness into light; either out of adversity to prosperity, or from walking in darkness to the enjoyment of the light of his countenance; and is true of Christ, not only of the prosperity of his kingdom and interest, but of him personally; who though, when on the cross, was in darkness of soul, being forsaken by his God; yet, when raised from the dead, he was received up to heaven, and set down at the right hand of God, and was made full of joy with his countenance, Acts 2:28.

d נרי "lucernam meam", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, &c. e So Gussetius, Comment. Ebr. p. 495.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For thou wilt light my candle - Margin, lamp. The word lamp best expresses the idea. In the Scriptures light is an image of prosperity, success, happiness, holiness, as darkness is the image of the opposite. See the notes at Job 29:2-3; compare also Job 18:6; Job 21:17; Proverbs 20:27; Proverbs 24:20; Psalms 119:105; Psalms 132:17; Isaiah 62:1. The meaning here is, that the psalmist felt assured that God would give him prosperity, as if his lamp were kept constantly burning in his dwelling.

The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness - Will shed light on my path, which would otherwise be dark: will impart light to my understanding; will put peace and joy in my heart; will crown me with his favor. Compare the note at Psalms 4:6.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 18:28. For thou wilt light my candle — Thou wilt restore me to prosperity, and give me a happy issue out of all my afflictions. By the lamp of David the Messiah may be meant: thou wilt not suffer my family to become extinct, nor the kingdom which thou hast promised me utterly to fail.


 
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