2 Samuel 22:29

THE MESSAGE

Suddenly, God , your light floods my path, God drives out the darkness. I smash the bands of marauders, I vault the high fences. What a God! His road stretches straight and smooth. Every God -direction is road-tested. Everyone who runs toward him Makes it.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Lord, you are my lamp;the Lord illuminates my darkness.

Hebrew Names Version
For you are my lamp, LORD; The LORD will lighten my darkness.

King James Version
For thou art my lamp, O Lord : and the Lord will lighten my darkness.

Lexham English Bible
For you, O Yahweh are my lamp, and Yahweh lightens my darkness.

English Standard Version
For you are my lamp, O Lord , and my God lightens my darkness.

New Century Version
Lord , you give light to my lamp. The Lord brightens the darkness around me.

New English Translation
Indeed, you are my lamp, Lord . The Lord illumines the darkness around me.

Amplified Bible
"For You, O LORD, are my lamp; The LORD illumines and dispels my darkness.

New American Standard Bible
"For You are my lamp, LORD; And the LORD illuminates my darkness.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Surely thou art my light, O Lorde: and the Lorde will lighten my darkenes.

Legacy Standard Bible
For You are my lamp, O Yahweh;And Yahweh illumines my darkness.

Contemporary English Version
Our Lord and God, you are my lamp. You turn darkness to light.

Complete Jewish Bible
"For you, Adonai , are my lamp; Adonai lights up my darkness.

Darby Translation
For thou art my lamp, Jehovah; And Jehovah enlighteneth my darkness.

Easy-to-Read Version
Lord , you are my lamp. You, Lord , turn the darkness around me into light.

George Lamsa Translation
For thou wilt light my lamp; O LORD my God, lighten my darkness.

Good News Translation
You, Lord , are my light; you dispel my darkness.

Literal Translation
For You are my lamp, O Jehovah; and Jehovah shall light up my darkness.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For thou O LORDE art my lanterne. The LORDE shal lighte my darknesse.

American Standard Version
For thou art my lamp, O Jehovah; And Jehovah will lighten my darkness.

Bible in Basic English
For you are my light, O Lord; and the Lord will make the dark bright for me.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For thou art my lyght, O Lorde: and the Lorde shall light my darkenesse.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
For Thou art my lamp, O LORD; and the LORD doth lighten my darkness.

King James Version (1611)
For thou art my lampe, O Lord: and the Lord wil lighten my darkenesse.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For thou, Lord, art my lamp, and the Lord shall shine forth to me in my darkness.

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

Berean Standard Bible
For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD enlightens my darkness.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For thou, Lord, art my lanterne, and thou, Lord, schalt liytne my derknessis.

Young's Literal Translation
For Thou [art] my lamp, O Jehovah, And Jehovah doth lighten my darkness.

Update Bible Version
For you are my lamp, O Yahweh; And Yahweh will lighten my darkness.

Webster's Bible Translation
For thou [art] my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.

World English Bible
For you are my lamp, Yahweh; Yahweh will lighten my darkness.

New King James Version
"For You are my lamp, O LORD; The LORD shall enlighten my darkness.

New Living Translation
O Lord , you are my lamp. The Lord lights up my darkness.

New Life Bible
"For You are my lamp, O Lord. The Lord gives light to my darkness.

New Revised Standard
Indeed, you are my lamp, O Lord , the Lord lightens my darkness.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, thou, wast my lamp, O Yahweh, - and, Yahweh, enlightened my darkness;

Douay-Rheims Bible
For thou art my lamp O Lord: and thou, O Lord, wilt enlighten my darkness.

Revised Standard Version
Yea, thou art my lamp, O LORD, and my God lightens my darkness.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For You are my lamp, O LORD; And the LORD illumines my darkness.

Contextual Overview

² God is bedrock under my feet, the castle in which I live, my rescuing knight. My God—the high crag where I run for dear life, hiding behind the boulders, safe in the granite hideout; My mountaintop refuge, he saves me from ruthless men. ⁴ I sing to God the Praise-Lofty, and find myself safe and saved. ⁵The waves of death crashed over me, devil waters rushed over me. Hell's ropes cinched me tight; death traps barred every exit. ⁷ A hostile world! I called to God , to my God I cried out. From his palace he heard me call; my cry brought me right into his presence— a private audience! ⁸Earth wobbled and lurched; the very heavens shook like leaves, Quaked like aspen leaves because of his rage. His nostrils flared, billowing smoke; his mouth spit fire. Tongues of fire darted in and out; he lowered the sky. He stepped down; under his feet an abyss opened up. He rode a winged creature, swift on wind-wings. He wrapped himself in a trenchcoat of black rain-cloud darkness. But his cloud-brightness burst through, a grand comet of fireworks. Then God thundered out of heaven; the High God gave a great shout. God shot his arrows—pandemonium! He hurled his lightnings—a rout! The secret sources of ocean were exposed, the hidden depths of earth lay uncovered The moment God roared in protest, let loose his hurricane anger. ¹⁷But me he caught—reached all the way from sky to sea; he pulled me out Of that ocean of hate, that enemy chaos, the void in which I was drowning. They hit me when I was down, but God stuck by me. He stood me up on a wide-open field; I stood there saved—surprised to be loved! ²¹ God made my life complete when I placed all the pieces before him. When I cleaned up my act, he gave me a fresh start. Indeed, I've kept alert to God 's ways; I haven't taken God for granted. Every day I review the ways he works, I try not to miss a trick. I feel put back together, and I'm watching my step. God rewrote the text of my life when I opened the book of my heart to his eyes. ²⁶You stick by people who stick with you, you're straight with people who're straight with you, You're good to good people, you shrewdly work around the bad ones. You take the side of the down-and-out, but the stuck-up you take down a peg. ²⁹Suddenly, God , your light floods my path, God drives out the darkness. I smash the bands of marauders, I vault the high fences. What a God! His road stretches straight and smooth. Every God -direction is road-tested. Everyone who runs toward him Makes it. ³²Is there any god like God ? Are we not at bedrock? Is not this the God who armed me well, then aimed me in the right direction? Now I run like a deer; I'm king of the mountain. He shows me how to fight; I can bend a bronze bow! You protect me with salvation-armor; you touch me and I feel ten feet tall. You cleared the ground under me so my footing was firm. When I chased my enemies I caught them; I didn't let go till they were dead men. I nailed them; they were down for good; then I walked all over them. You armed me well for this fight; you smashed the upstarts. You made my enemies turn tail, and I wiped out the haters. They cried "uncle" but Uncle didn't come; They yelled for God and got no for an answer. I ground them to dust; they gusted in the wind. I threw them out, like garbage in the gutter. You rescued me from a squabbling people; you made me a leader of nations. People I'd never heard of served me; the moment they got wind of me they submitted. They gave up; they came trembling from their hideouts.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

lamp: or, candle, Job 29:3, Psalms 27:1, Psalms 84:11, John 8:12, Revelation 21:23

lighten: Psalms 4:6, Psalms 18:28, Psalms 97:11, Psalms 112:4, Isaiah 50:10, Isaiah 60:19, Isaiah 60:20, Micah 7:9, Malachi 4:2, John 12:46

Reciprocal: Acts 12:7 - and a

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For thou [art] my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness. :-.