Psalms 18:28

Psalms 18:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
• New International Version (NIV)You, Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For it is you who light my lamp; the Lord my God lightens my darkness.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For You will light my lamp; The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.

Context of Psalms 18:28

26With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the perverse thou wilt shew thyself froward. 27For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down. For thou wilt light my lamp: the LORD my God will lighten my darkness. 29For by thee I run upon a troop; and by my God do I leap over a wall. 30As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried; he is a shield unto all them that trust in him.

Psalms 18:28 word by word

כִּֽי־אַ֭תָּה תָּאִ֣יר נֵרִ֑י יְהוָ֥ה אֱ֝לֹהַ֗י יַגִּ֥יהַּ חָשְׁכִּֽי׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 18:28

• Psalms 112:4Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
• Job 18:6The light shall be dark in his tent, and his lamp above him shall be put out.
• Job 29:3When his lamp shined upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;
• Psalms 132:17There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
• 2 Samuel 22:29For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
• 1 Kings 11:36And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
• Proverbs 20:27The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all the innermost parts of the belly.
• Isaiah 62:1For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burneth.
• Isaiah 42:16And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not; in paths that they know not will I lead them: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things will I do, and I will not forsake them.
• Matthew 4:16The people which sat in darkness Saw a great light, And to them which sat in the region and shadow of death, To them did light spring up.
• Luke 1:79To shine upon them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death; To guide our feet into the way of peace.
• 1 Peter 2:9But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may shew forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

Commentaries on Psalms 18:28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28For 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.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28For 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; Psalm 119:105; Psalm 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…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-28Verses 20-28 Those that forsake the ways of the Lord, depart from their God. But though conscious to ourselves of many a false step, let there not be a wicked departure from our God. David kept his eye upon the rule of God's commands. Constant care to keep from that sin, whatever it be, which most easily besets us, proves that we are upright before God. Those who show mercy to others, even they need mercy. Those who are faithful to God, shall find him all…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 28light my lamp: The Lord renews the psalmist's life, helping him overcome the darkness of difficult times (see Psalms 112:4; 119:105).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2828. To give one light is to make prosperous (Job 18:5, 6; 21:17). thou--is emphatic, as if to say, I can fully confide in Thee for help.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 18:28

• Blessing
• Faith

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Commentaries on Psalms 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings