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 You save humble people, but you humiliate the proud. ²⁸ For You light my lamp;
The Lord my God illumines my darkness.
²⁹ With you I can attack a line of soldiers. With my God I can break through barricades.

Phrases

Lord Shall

Names

Jehovah

Cross References

Job 18:6

The light in his tent becomes dark. The lamp beside him will be put out.

Psalm 132:17

There I will make the horn of David grow (give mighty power to David). I will prepare a lamp (light) for my anointed one.

1 Kings 11:36

I will let Solomon's son keep one tribe. That way I will always have a descendant of my servant David ruling in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as the place where I am worshiped.

Job 29:3

when his lamp shone over my head, and by his light I walked through darkness.

2 Samuel 22:29

Jehovah our God, you are my lamp. You turn darkness into light.

1 Kings 15:4

For David's sake Jehovah his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising Abijam a son to rule after him to keep Jerusalem secure.

Psalm 112:4

Light shines in the darkness for the upright. He is gracious, compassionate, and fair.

Proverbs 20:27

The breath of man is the candle of Jehovah, searching all the inward parts of him.

Isaiah 42:16

I will lead my blind people by roads they have never traveled. I will turn their darkness into light and make rough country smooth before them. I will keep my promises without fail.

Isaiah 62:1

For Zion's sake I will not remain silent. For Jerusalem's sake I will not rest until its righteousness shines like the sunrise and its salvation burns brightly like a torch.

Matthew 4:16

the people sitting in darkness saw a great light. Light rose upon those sitting in a region of deathly shadow.

Luke 1:79

The light will shine on them who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death. It will guide our feet into the way of peace.

1 Peter 2:9

You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, and a people for God's own possession, that you may show the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.