Psalms 18:28 · KJV
“For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness. {candle: or, lamp}”
— Psalms 18:28
For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. {run...: or, broken}
Psalms 18 — Context
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward. {shew thyself froward: or, wrestle}
27For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
28For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness. {candle: or, lamp}
29For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. {run...: or, broken}
30{As for} God, his way {is} perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he {is} a buckler to all those that trust in him. {tried: or, refined}
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:29
For thou {art} my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness. {lamp: or, candle}
Job 29:3
When his candle shined upon my head, {and when} by his light I walked {through} darkness; {candle: or, lamp}
Isaiah 42:16
And I will bring the blind by a way {that} they knew not; I will lead them in paths {that} they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. {straight: Heb. into straightness}
Matthew 4:16
The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
Luke 1:79
To give light to them that sit in darkness and {in} the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
1 Peter 2:9
But ye {are} a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: {peculiar: or, purchased} {praises: or, virtues}
Proverbs 20:27
The spirit of man {is} the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. {candle: or, lamp}
Psalms 112:4
Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: {he is} gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.