2 Samuel 22:29

29 For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten 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).

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.

Footnotes

• [a] lamp: or, candle