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Psalms 18:28

NETBible	Indeed,¹ you are my lamp, Lord.² My God³ illuminates the darkness around me.⁴
NIV © biblegateway Psa 18:28	You, O LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.
NASB © biblegateway Psa 18:28	For You light my lamp; The LORD my God illumines my darkness.
NLT © biblegateway Psa 18:28	LORD, you have brought light to my life; my God, you light up my darkness.
MSG © biblegateway Psa 18:28	Suddenly, GOD, you floodlight my life; I'm blazing with glory, God's glory!
BBE © SABDAweb Psa 18:28	You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.
NRSV © bibleoremus Psa 18:28	It is you who light my lamp; the LORD, my God, lights up my darkness.
NKJV © biblegateway Psa 18:28	For You will light my lamp; The LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
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KJV	For thou wilt light <0215> (8686) my candle <05216>_: the LORD <03068> my God <0430> will enlighten <05050> (8686) my darkness <02822>_. {candle: or, lamp}
NASB © biblegateway Psa 18:28	For You light <0215> my lamp <05216> ; The LORD <03068> my God <0430> illumines <05050> my darkness <02822> .
LXXM	(17:29) oti <3754> CONJ su <4771> P-NS fwtieiv <5461> V-FAI-2S lucnon <3088> N-ASM mou <1473> P-GS kurie <2962> N-VSM o <3588> T-NSM yeov <2316> N-NSM mou <1473> P-GS fwtieiv <5461> V-FAI-2S to <3588> T-ASN skotov <4655> N-ASN mou <1473> P-GS
NET [draft] ITL	Indeed <03588> , you <0859> are my lamp <05216> , Lord <03068> . My God <0430> illuminates <05050> the darkness <02822> around me.
HEBREW	yksx <02822> hygy <05050> yhla <0430> hwhy <03068> yrn <05216> ryat <0215> hta <0859> yk <03588> (18:28) <18:29>

NETBible

Indeed,¹ you are my lamp, Lord.² My God³ illuminates the darkness around me.⁴

NET Notes

¹tn Or “for.” The translation assumes that כִּי (ki)is asseverative here.

²tn Ps 18:28 reads literally, “you light my lamp, Lord.” 2 Sam 22:29 has, “you are my lamp, Lord.” The Ps 18 reading may preserve two variants, נֵרִי (neriy, “my lamp”) and אוֹרִי (’oriy, “my light”), cf. Ps 27:1. The verb תָּאִיר (ta’ir, “you light”) in Ps 18:28 would, in this case, be a corruption of the latter. See F. M. Cross and D. N. Freedman, Studies in Ancient Yahwistic Poetry (SBLDS), 150, n. 64. The metaphor, which likens the Lord to a lamp or light, pictures him as the psalmist’s source of life. For other examples of “lamp” used in this way, see Job 18:6; 21:17; Prov 13:9; 20:20; 24:20. For other examples of “light” as a symbol for life, see Job 3:20; 33:30; Ps 56:13.

³tn 2 Sam 22:29 repeats the name “Lord.”

⁴tn Heb “my darkness.”