"For thou {art} my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness. {lamp: or, candle}" — 2 Samuel 22:29

2 Samuel 22:29 · KJV

“For thou {art} my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness. {lamp: or, candle}”

— 2 Samuel 22:29

And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes {are} upon the haughty, {that} thou mayest bring {them} down.

For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall. {run: or, broken}

2 Samuel 22 — Context

With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury. {shew thyself unsavoury: or, wrestle}

And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes {are} upon the haughty, {that} thou mayest bring {them} down.

For thou {art} my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness. {lamp: or, candle}

For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall. {run: or, broken}

{As for} God, his way {is} perfect; the word of the LORD {is} tried: he {is} a buckler to all them that trust in him. {tried: or, refined}

Cross References

Psalms 27:1

[{A Psalm} of David.] The LORD {is} my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD {is} the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

John 8:12

Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

Revelation 21:23

And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb {is} the light thereof.

Job 29:3

When his candle shined upon my head, {and when} by his light I walked {through} darkness; {candle: or, lamp}

John 12:46

I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

Micah 7:9

I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, {and} I shall behold his righteousness.

Psalms 112:4

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

Psalms 84:11

For the LORD God {is} a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good {thing} will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

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