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Psalm 18:28–29

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28You, Lord, keep my lampv burning;

my God turns my darkness into light.w

29With your helpx I can advance against a troope;

with my God I can scale a wall.

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Footnotes

  1. eOr can run through a barricade

Cross references

  1. v1 Ki 11:36; Ps 132:17
  2. wJob 29:3; Ps 97:11; 112:4; Jn 1:5; See Ac 26:18; 2 Co 4:6; 2 Pe 1:19
  3. xver 32, 39; Isa 45:5; Heb 11:34

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For it is you who light my lamp;

the Lord my God lightens my darkness.

For by you I can run against a troop,

and by my God I can leap over a wall.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Lord, you light my lamp;

my God illuminates my darkness.

With you I can attack a barricade,

and with my God I can leap over a wall.

NLTNew Living Translation

You light a lamp for me.

The Lord, my God, 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 light my lamp;

Yahweh, my God, lights up my darkness.

For with you I can charge a troop,

and with my God I can scale a wall.

KJV 1900King James Version

For thou wilt light my candle:

The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.

For by thee I have run through a troop;

And by my God have I leaped over a wall.