Psalm 18:28

Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data

"For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness."

Word-by-Word Analysis

For thou wilt

אוֹר

ʼôwr

H216

illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

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my

נִיר

nîyr

H5216

a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)

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the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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my

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...

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will

נָגַהּ

nâgahh

H5050

to glitter; causatively, to illuminate

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my

חֹשֶׁךְ

chôshek

H2822

the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

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Key Terms in This Verse

enlighten H5050

נָגַהּ nâgahh

to glitter; causatively, to illuminate

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candle H5216

נִיר nîyr

a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)

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darkness H2822

חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek

the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

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light H216

אוֹר ʼôwr

illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

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God H430

אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...

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LORD H3068

יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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Cross References

2 Samuel 22:29 cross-reference

For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.

Job 29:3 cross-reference

When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

Isaiah 42:16 cross-reference

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 ...

Matthew 4:16 cross-reference

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 cross-reference

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 cross-reference

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:

Proverbs 20:27 cross-reference

The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

Psalm 112:4 cross-reference

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

Isaiah 62:1 cross-reference

For 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.

Psalm 132:17 cross-reference

There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.

Job 18:6 cross-reference

The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

1 Kings 11:36 cross-reference

And 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.

1 Kings 15:4 cross-reference

Nevertheless 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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