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Psalms 18:28
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Psalms 18:28
28For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
28‖For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkenesse.
- Or, lampe.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 18:28
To will, choose, intend, or be disposed to; as an auxiliary, indicates future action.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Visible brightness; something that gives illumination; not heavy; to kindle, illuminate, or come down upon, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A figurative light whose exact referent—life, favor, prosperity, guidance, or the spirit of man—is stated by the verse.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To give light to; to give knowledge, perception, or understanding.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Absence of light; also obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 28
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Open the full verse study29For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness.
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Open the full verse study3When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
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Open the full verse study16And 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.
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Open the full verse study16The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
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Open the full verse study9But 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:
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Open the full verse study79To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
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Open the full verse study27The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
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Open the full verse study4Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
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Open the full verse study1FOR Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
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Open the full verse study17There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
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Open the full verse study6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
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Open the full verse study36And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
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Open the full verse study4Nevertheless for David’s sake did the Lord his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:
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