'Light' in the Bible

Many are saying, “Oh, that we might see some good!”Lift up the light of Your face upon us, O Lord.

The Lord is my light and my salvation—Whom shall I fear?The Lord is the refuge and fortress of my life—Whom shall I dread?

For with You is the fountain of life [the fountain of life-giving water];In Your light we see light.

He will make your righteousness [your pursuit of right standing with God] like the light,And your judgment like [the shining of] the noonday [sun].

My heart throbs violently, my strength fails me;And as for the light of my eyes, even that has also gone from me.

O send out Your light and Your truth, let them lead me;Let them bring me to Your holy hillAnd to Your dwelling places.

For our fathers did not possess the land [of Canaan] by their own sword,Nor did their own arm save them,But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence,Because You favored and delighted in them.

He shall go to the generation of his fathers;They shall never again see the light.

For You have rescued my soul from death,Yes, and my feet from stumbling,So that I may walk before GodIn the light of life.

The day is Yours, the night also is Yours;You have established and prepared the [heavenly] light and the sun.

In the daytime He led them with a cloudAnd all the night with a light of fire.

Blessed and happy are the people who know the joyful sound [of the trumpet’s blast]!They walk, O Lord, in the light and favor of Your countenance!

You have placed our wickedness before you,Our secret sins [which we tried to conceal, You have placed] in the [revealing] light of Your presence.

Light is sown [like seed] for the righteous and illuminates their path,And [irrepressible] joy [is spread] for the upright in heart [who delight in His favor and protection].

[You are the One] who covers Yourself with light as with a garment,Who stretches out the heavens like a tent curtain,

The Lord spread a cloud as a covering [by day],And a fire to illumine the night.

Light arises in the darkness for the upright;He is gracious and compassionate and righteous (upright—in right standing with God).

Precious [and of great consequence] in the sight of the LordIs the death of His godly ones [so He watches over them].

The Lord is God, and He has given us light [illuminating us with His grace and freedom and joy].Bind the festival sacrifices with cords to the horns of the altar.

Nun.Your word is a lamp to my feetAnd a light to my path.

The unfolding of Your [glorious] words give light;Their unfolding gives understanding to the simple (childlike).

If I say, “Surely the darkness will cover me,And the night will be the only light around me,”

Even the darkness is not dark to You and conceals nothing from You,But the night shines as bright as the day;Darkness and light are alike to You.

Praise Him, sun and moon:Praise Him, all stars of light!