Psalms 18:28
For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 18 connects to 10 cross-references. A royal thanksgiving psalm attributed to David after God delivered him from Saul and his enemies. One of the longest psalms, it describes divine deliverance in theophanic imagery of earthquake, storm, and lightning, celebrates God's role in military victory, and …
Other Translations
For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.
For Thou--Thou lightest my lamp, Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.
You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.
Cross References
For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness.
And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me …
Nevertheless for David’s sake did the Lord his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son …
The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that …
For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness …