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2 Samuel 22:29
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2 Samuel 22:29
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You, LORD, are my lamp; the LORD turns my darkness into light.
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2 Samuel 22:29 in Other Translations
KJV
29
For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
ESV
29
For you are my lamp, O LORD, and my God lightens my darkness.
NLT
29
O LORD, you are my lamp. The LORD lights up my darkness.
MSG
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Suddenly, God, your light floods my path, God drives out the darkness.
CSB
29
Lord, You are my lamp; the Lord illuminates my darkness.
2 Samuel 22:29 Meaning and Commentary
2 Samuel 22:29
For thou [art] my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my
darkness.] (
See Gill on
Psalms 18:28
).
Taken from
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
2 Samuel 22:29 In-Context
27
to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.
28
You save the humble, but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them low.
29
You, LORD, are my lamp; the LORD turns my darkness into light.
30
With your help I can advance against a troop ; with my God I can scale a wall.
31
“As for God, his way is perfect: The LORD’s word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him.
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1.
Psalms 27:1
;
Isaiah 2:5
;
Micah 7:8
;
Revelation 21:23
;
Revelation 22:5
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