Psalms 18 · Verse 28

Psalms 18:28

For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
Psalms 18:28, King James Version

Psalms 18:28 in other translations

BSBFor You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.
WEBFor you will light my lamp, LORD. My God will light up my darkness.
ASVFor thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.
YLTFor Thou--Thou lightest my lamp, Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.
DARBYFor it is thou that makest my lamp to shine: Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.
BBEYou, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.
WebsterFor thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

What does Psalms 18:28 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
28. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 28 For 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 18:20-28

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…

Read the full comment on Psalms 18:20-28 →

Psalms 18:28 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
אַ֭תָּה'A.tahyouH859
תָּאִ֣ירta.'Iryou lightH215
נֵרִ֑יne.Rilamp myH5216
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱ֝לֹהַ֗י'e.lo.HaiGod myH430
יַגִּ֥יהַּya.Gi.ahhe lightensH5050
חָשְׁכִּֽי\׃cha.she.Kidarkness myH2822

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 18:28

  • 2 Samuel 22:29

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

  • Job 29:3

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

  • Isaiah 42:16

    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 unto them, and not forsake them.

  • Matthew 4:16

    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

    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

    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:

  • Psalms 112:4

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

  • Proverbs 20:27

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

  • Isaiah 62:1

    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.

  • Psalms 132:17

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

  • 1 Kings 11:36

    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

    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:

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thou wilt.
112:4; Job 18:6; 29:3
candle. or, lamp.
132:17; 2Sa 22:29; 1Ki 11:36; Pr 20:27; Isa 62:1
my God.
Isa 42:16; Mt 4:16; Lu 1:79; 1Pe 2:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 18:27

    For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.

  • Psalms 18:28

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

  • Psalms 18:29

    For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.

Read all of Psalms 18

Psalms 18:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Tú pues alumbrarás mi lámpara: Jehová mi Dios alumbrará mis tinieblas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car toi tu sauveras le peuple affligé, et tu abaisseras les yeux hautains.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn du, du machst meine Leuchte scheinen; Jehova, mein Gott, erhellt meine Finsternis.