Mazmur 18:28

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

(18-29) Karena Engkaulah yang membuat pelitaku bercahaya; TUHAN, Allahku, menyinari kegelapanku.

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(18-29) Karena Engkaulah yang membuat pelitaku bercahaya; TUHAN, Allahku, menyinari kegelapanku.

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Contextual Overview

²⁰ God rewarded me after my righteous dealyng: accordyng to the cleannesse of myne handes he recompensed me. ²¹ Because I had kept the wayes of God: and had not wickedly shronke from my God. ²² For all his lawes were before me: and I reiected none of his commaundementes from me. ²³ And I was sounde & pure towardes hym: and I was weery lest I shoulde offende hym with my wickednesse. ²⁴ Therfore hath God rewarded me after my righteous dealyng: and accordyng to my cleannesse of my handes in his syght. ²⁵ With the holy thou wylt be holy: with a perfect man thou wylt be perfect. ²⁶ With the cleane thou wylt be cleane: and with the frowarde thou wylt be frowarde. ²⁷ For thou hast saued the people oppressed: and thou hast brought downe the hygh lokes of the proude. ²⁸ Thou also hast lyghtened my candell: God my Lorde hath made my darknesse to be lyght.

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 sayde: Lorde, yf I haue nowe founde fauour in thy sight, passe not away I praye thee from thy seruaunt.

Genesis 18:4
Let a litle water, I pray you, be fet, and washe your feete, and refreshe your selues vnder the tree.

Genesis 18:17
And the Lorde sayde: shall I hyde from Abraham that thing which I do.

Genesis 18:19
I knowe this also, that he wyll commaunde his chyldren and his householde after him, that they kepe the way of the Lord, and to do iustice and iudgement, that the Lorde may bryng vppon Abraha that he hath spoken vnto him.

Genesis 18:26
And the Lorde sayde: If I fynde in Sodome fiftie ryghteous within the citie, I wyll spare all the place for their sakes.

Genesis 18:29
And he proceaded to speake vnto hym agayne, and sayde: What yf there shall be fourtie founde there? He aunswered: I wyll not do it for fourties sake.

Genesis 18:32
And he sayde: O let not my Lorde be angry, and I wyll speake yet but this once: What if ten shalbe found there? He aunswered, I wil not destroy [them] for tennes sake.

Genesis 18:33
And the Lorde went his way assoone as he had left communyng with Abraham, and Abraham [also] turned vnto 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.