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2 Samuel 22:29
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29
For thou art my
lamp,
[a]
O
LORD:
and the
LORD
will
lighten
my
darkness.
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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
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
28
And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
29
For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
30
For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.
31
As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
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1
[a].
lamp: or, candle
The King James Version is in the public domain.