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2 Samuel 22:29–30

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29Lord, You are my lamp;

the Lord illuminates my darkness. f

30With You I can attack a barrier, g

and with my God I can leap over a wall. h

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Footnotes

  1. g22:30 Or ridge

Cross references

  1. f22:29 Jb 29:3; Ps 27:1
  2. h22:30 2Sm 5:6–9

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For you are my lamp, O Lord,

and my God lightens my darkness.

For by you I can run against a troop,

and by my God I can leap over a wall.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

You, Lord, are my lamp;

the Lord turns my darkness into light.

With your help I can advance against a troop;

with my God I can scale a wall.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Lord, you are my lamp;

the Lord illuminates my darkness.

With you I can attack a barricade,

and with my God I can leap over a wall.

NLTNew Living Translation

O Lord, you are my lamp.

The Lord lights up my darkness.

In your strength I can crush an army;

with my God I can scale any wall.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For you, O Yahweh are my lamp,

and Yahweh lightens my darkness.

For by you I can run a raid;

by my God I can leap over a wall.

KJV 1900King James Version

For thou art my lamp, O Lord:

And the Lord will lighten my darkness.

For by thee I have run through a troop:

By my God have I leaped over a wall.