(A)Rejoice not over me, O (B)my enemy;
    (C)when I fall, I shall rise;
(D)when I sit in darkness,
    the Lord will be a light to me.

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I Am the Light of the World

12 (A)Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, (B)“I am the light of the world. Whoever (C)follows me will not (D)walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

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[a] (A)The people (B)who walked in darkness
    have seen a great light;
those who dwelt in a land of (C)deep darkness,
    on them has light shone.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 9:2 Ch 9:1 in Hebrew

Light dawns in the darkness (A)for the upright;
    he is gracious, merciful, and (B)righteous.

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The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation

Of David.

27 The Lord is my (A)light and my (B)salvation;
    (C)whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold[a] of my life;
    of whom shall I be afraid?

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 27:1 Or refuge

10 (A)Some sat in darkness and in (B)the shadow of death,
    prisoners in (C)affliction and in irons,
11 for they (D)had rebelled against the words of God,
    and (E)spurned the counsel of the Most High.
12 So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor;
    they fell down, (F)with none to help.
13 (G)Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he delivered them from their distress.
14 He brought them out of (H)darkness and the shadow of death,
    and (I)burst their bonds apart.
15 (J)Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
    for his wondrous works to the children of man!

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For God, who said, (A)“Let light shine out of darkness,” (B)has shone in our hearts to give (C)the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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12 (A)But do not gloat over the day of your brother
    in the day of his misfortune;
(B)do not rejoice over the people of Judah
    in the day of their ruin;
(C)do not boast[a]
    in the day of distress.

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:12 Hebrew do not enlarge your mouth

16 For I said, “Only (A)let them not rejoice over me,
    who (B)boast against me when my (C)foot slips!”

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And (A)night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp (B)or sun, for (C)the Lord God will be their light, and (D)they will reign forever and ever.

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The Restoration of Israel

11 “In that day (A)I will raise up
    the booth of David that is fallen
and repair its breaches,
    and raise up its ruins
    and rebuild it as in the days of old,

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16 (A)for the righteous falls (B)seven times and rises again,
    but (C)the wicked stumble in times of calamity.

17 (D)Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
    and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles,
18 lest the Lord see it and be displeased,
    and turn away his anger from him.

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11 For the Lord God is (A)a sun and (B)shield;
    the Lord bestows favor and honor.
(C)No good thing does he withhold
    from those who (D)walk uprightly.

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10 But you, O Lord, be gracious to me,
    and raise me up, that I may repay them!

11 By this I know that (A)you delight in me:
    my enemy will not shout in triumph over me.
12 But (B)you have upheld me because of (C)my integrity,
    and (D)set me in your presence (E)forever.

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15 As you (A)rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so I will deal with you; you shall be desolate, (B)Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then (C)they will know that I am the Lord.

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For thus says the Lord God: Because (A)you have clapped your hands (B)and stamped your feet and (C)rejoiced with all the (D)malice within your soul against the land of Israel,

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11 (A)Light (B)is sown[a] for the righteous,
    and joy for the upright in heart.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 97:11 Most Hebrew manuscripts; one Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint, Syriac, Jerome Light dawns

19 (A)Let not those rejoice over me
    who are (B)wrongfully my foes,
and let not those (C)wink the eye
    who (D)hate me (E)without cause.

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29 “If I have (A)rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me,
    or exulted when evil overtook him

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20 Truly, truly, I say to you, (A)you will weep and lament, but (B)the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but (C)your sorrow will turn into joy.

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But for you (A)who fear my name, (B)the sun (C)of righteousness shall rise (D)with healing in its wings. You shall go out (E)leaping like calves from the stall.

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10 Then (A)my enemy will see,
    and shame will cover her who (B)said to me,
    “Where is the Lord your God?”
(C)My eyes will look upon her;
    now she will be trampled down
    (D)like the mire of the streets.

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11 (A)“Though you rejoice, though you exult,
    O plunderers of my heritage,
though you frolic like a heifer in the pasture,
    and neigh like stallions,

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The Future Glory of Israel

60 (A)Arise, shine, for your light has come,
    and (B)the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,
    and thick darkness the peoples;
but the Lord will arise upon you,
    and his glory will be seen upon you.
(C)And nations shall come to your light,
    and kings to the brightness of your rising.

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21 The wicked borrows but does not pay back,
    but the righteous (A)is generous and gives;

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