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Psalms 18:28
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Lord, you light my lamp;my God illuminates my darkness.
For you will light my lamp. The LORD, my God, will light up my darkness.
For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
For it is you who light my lamp; the Lord my God lightens my darkness.
Lord , you give light to my lamp. My God brightens the darkness around me.
Indeed, you are my lamp, Lord . My God illuminates the darkness around me.
For You cause my lamp to be lighted and to shine; The LORD my God illumines my darkness.
For You light my lamp; The LORD my God illumines my darkness.
For you will light my lamp. Yahweh, my God, will light up my darkness.
Surely thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God wil lighten my darkenes.
For You light my lamp;Yahweh my God illumines my darkness.
For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God enlightens my darkness.
People afflicted, you save; but haughty eyes, you humble.
For it is thou that makest my lamp to shine: Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.
Lord , you provide the flame for my lamp. You, God, turn the darkness around me into light.
For thou wilt light my lamp; the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
O Lord , you give me light; you dispel my darkness.
For you light my lamp; Yahweh, my God, lights up my darkness.
For You will light my lamp; Jehovah my God will make my darkness light.
Thou lightest my cadle, o LORDE my God: thou makest my darcknesse to be light.
For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.
You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.
For Thou dost save the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes Thou dost humble.
For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkenesse.
Thou also hast lyghtened my candell: God my Lorde hath made my darknesse to be lyght.
For thou, O Lord, wilt light my lamp: my God, thou wilt lighten my darkness.
For thou wilt light my lamp: the LORD my God will lighten my darkness.
For thou schalt make saaf a meke puple; and thou schalt make meke the iyen of proude men.
For you will light my lamp: Yahweh my God will lighten my darkness.
For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
For You will light my lamp; The LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
You light a lamp for me. The Lord , my God, lights up my darkness.
You make my lamp bright. The Lord my God lights my darkness.
It is you who light my lamp; the Lord , my God, lights up my darkness.
For, thou, didst light up my lamp, Yahweh my God, enlightened my darkness;
(17-29) For thou lightest my lamp, O Lord: O my God, enlighten my darkness.
Yea, thou dost light my lamp; the LORD my God lightens my darkness.
For Thou -- Thou lightest my lamp, Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.
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.
For You light my lamp; The Lord my God illumines my darkness.
Contextual Overview
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
and said, "Please come to my home where I can serve you.
I'll have some water brought, so you can wash your feet, then you can rest under the tree.
The Lord said to himself, "I should tell Abraham what I am going to do,
I have chosen him to teach his family to obey me forever and to do what is right and fair. Then I will give Abraham many descendants, just as I promised."
The Lord replied, "If I find fifty good people in Sodom, I will save the city to keep them from being killed."
"Suppose there are just forty good people?" Abraham asked. "Even for them," the Lord replied, "I won't destroy the city."
Finally, Abraham said, "Please don't get angry, Lord , if I speak just once more. Suppose you find only ten good people there." "For the sake of ten good people," the Lord told him, "I still won't destroy the city."
After speaking with Abraham, the Lord left, and Abraham went back home.
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.
