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Wednesday, November 27th, 2024
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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King James Version

Psalms 18:28

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blessing;   Faith;   Thompson Chain Reference - Candle;   Enlightenment;   Light-Darkness;   Spiritual;   The Topic Concordance - Enlightenment;   Light;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Lamps;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Fire;   Psalms, the Book of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Candle;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Apocalyptic Literature;   David;   English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Jonah;   Psalms;   Salvation, Saviour;   Sin;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Psalms the book of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Candle;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Candle;   Enlighten;  

Devotionals:

- Faith's Checkbook - Devotion for September 27;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
You light a lamp for me. The Lord , my God, lights up my darkness.
English Revised Version
For thou wilt light my lamp: the LORD my God will lighten my darkness.
Update Bible Version
For you will light my lamp: Yahweh my God will lighten my darkness.
New Century Version
Lord , you give light to my lamp. My God brightens the darkness around me.
New English Translation
Indeed, you are my lamp, Lord . My God illuminates the darkness around me.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
Amplified Bible
For You cause my lamp to be lighted and to shine; The LORD my God illumines my darkness.
English Standard Version
For it is you who light my lamp; the Lord my God lightens my darkness.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For thou schalt make saaf a meke puple; and thou schalt make meke the iyen of proude men.
Berean Standard Bible
For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God enlightens my darkness.
Contemporary English Version
You, the Lord God, keep my lamp burning and turn darkness to light.
American Standard Version
For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.
Bible in Basic English
You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.
Complete Jewish Bible
People afflicted, you save; but haughty eyes, you humble.
Darby Translation
For it is thou that makest my lamp to shine: Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.
Easy-to-Read Version
Lord , you provide the flame for my lamp. You, God, turn the darkness around me into light.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For Thou dost save the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes Thou dost humble.
King James Version (1611)
For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkenesse.
New Life Bible
You make my lamp bright. The Lord my God lights my darkness.
New Revised Standard
It is you who light my lamp; the Lord , my God, lights up my darkness.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Surely thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God wil lighten my darkenes.
George Lamsa Translation
For thou wilt light my lamp; the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
Good News Translation
O Lord , you give me light; you dispel my darkness.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, thou, didst light up my lamp, Yahweh my God, enlightened my darkness;
Douay-Rheims Bible
(17-29) For thou lightest my lamp, O Lord: O my God, enlighten my darkness.
Revised Standard Version
Yea, thou dost light my lamp; the LORD my God lightens my darkness.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou also hast lyghtened my candell: God my Lorde hath made my darknesse to be lyght.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For thou, O Lord, wilt light my lamp: my God, thou wilt lighten my darkness.
Christian Standard Bible®
Lord, you light my lamp;my God illuminates my darkness.
Hebrew Names Version
For you will light my lamp. The LORD, my God, will light up my darkness.
Lexham English Bible
For you light my lamp; Yahweh, my God, lights up my darkness.
Literal Translation
For You will light my lamp; Jehovah my God will make my darkness light.
Young's Literal Translation
For Thou -- Thou lightest my lamp, Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou lightest my cadle, o LORDE my God: thou makest my darcknesse to be light.
THE MESSAGE
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.
New American Standard Bible
For You light my lamp; The LORD my God illumines my darkness.
New King James Version
For You will light my lamp; The LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For You light my lamp; The Lord my God illumines my darkness.
Legacy Standard Bible
For You light my lamp;Yahweh my God illumines my darkness.

Contextual Overview

20 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. 21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord , and have not wickedly departed from my God. 22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. 23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. 24 Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. 25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright; 26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward. 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.

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 said, My Lord , if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
Genesis 18:4
Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
Genesis 18:17
And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
Genesis 18:19
For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord , to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Genesis 18:26
And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
Genesis 18:29
And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.
Genesis 18:32
And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.
Genesis 18:33
And the Lord went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto 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.


 
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