Thou also shalt light my candle; the LORD my God shall make my darkness to be light. {TYNDALE: Thou art my light, O LORD, and the LORD shall light my darkness.}

NET Bible

Indeed, you are my lamp, Lord. My God illuminates the darkness around me.

New Heart English Bible

For you will light my lamp, LORD. My God will light up my darkness.

The Emphasized Bible

For, thou, didst light up my lamp, Yahweh my God, enlightened my darkness;

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

For Thou -- Thou lightest my lamp, Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.

Themes

Enlightenment » Spiritual

Enlightenment » The lord enlightening

Lamps » Illustrative » Of God's guidance

Light » The lord lighting darkness

Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Enlightenment, spiritual

Spiritual » Enlargement » Enlightenment

Topics

References

American

PSALMS, THE BOOK OF

Easton

Candle

Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 18:28

Verse Info

Bible Rank: 10590
Psalm Rank: 159
8 Topics
6 Themes
13 Cross References
1 Reading
1 Phrase
1 Name
2 References

Context Readings

²⁷ For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks. ²⁸ 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.

Phrases

Lord Shall

Names

Jehovah

Cross References

Job 18:6

The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

Psalm 132:17

There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.

1 Kings 11:36

And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.

Job 29:3

When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

2 Samuel 22:29

For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.

1 Kings 15:4

Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:

Psalm 112:4

Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

Proverbs 20:27

The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

Isaiah 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.

Isaiah 62:1

For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.

Matthew 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.

Luke 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.

1 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:

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