28 (A)For You will light my lamp;
The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.

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28 You, Lord, keep my lamp(A) burning;
    my God turns my darkness into light.(B)

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(A)When His lamp shone upon my head,
And when by His light I walked through darkness;

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when his lamp shone on my head
    and by his light I walked through darkness!(A)

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29 “For You are my (A)lamp, O Lord;
The Lord shall enlighten my darkness.

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29 You, Lord, are my lamp;(A)
    the Lord turns my darkness into light.

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16 I will bring the blind by a way they did not know;
I will lead them in paths they have not known.
I will make darkness light before them,
And crooked places straight.
These things I will do for them,
And not forsake them.

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16 I will lead(A) the blind(B) by ways they have not known,
    along unfamiliar paths I will guide them;
I will turn the darkness into light(C) before them
    and make the rough places smooth.(D)
These are the things I will do;
    I will not forsake(E) them.

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But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of (A)darkness into His marvelous light;

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But you are a chosen people,(A) a royal priesthood,(B) a holy nation,(C) God’s special possession,(D) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.(E)

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16 (A)The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light,
And upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death
Light has dawned.”

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16 the people living in darkness
    have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of the shadow of death
    a light has dawned.”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 4:16 Isaiah 9:1,2

79 (A)To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death,
To (B)guide our feet into the way of peace.”

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79 to shine on those living in darkness
    and in the shadow of death,(A)
to guide our feet into the path of peace.”(B)

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27 (A)The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord,
Searching all the [a]inner depths of his heart.

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  1. Proverbs 20:27 Lit. rooms of the belly

27 The human spirit is[a] the lamp of the Lord(A)
    that sheds light on one’s inmost being.(B)

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  1. Proverbs 20:27 Or A person’s words are

(A)Unto the upright there arises light in the darkness;
He is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

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Even in darkness light dawns(A) for the upright,
    for those who are gracious and compassionate and righteous.(B)

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Assurance of Zion’s Salvation

62 For Zion’s sake I will not [a]hold My peace,
And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest,
Until her righteousness goes forth as brightness,
And her salvation as a lamp that burns.

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  1. Isaiah 62:1 keep silent

Zion’s New Name

62 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,(A)
    for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet,
till her vindication(B) shines out like the dawn,(C)
    her salvation(D) like a blazing torch.

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17 (A)There I will make the [a]horn of David grow;
(B)I will prepare a lamp for My [b]Anointed.

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  1. Psalm 132:17 Government
  2. Psalm 132:17 Heb. Messiah

17 “Here I will make a horn[a] grow(A) for David
    and set up a lamp(B) for my anointed one.(C)

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  1. Psalm 132:17 Horn here symbolizes strong one, that is, king.

The light is dark in his tent,
(A)And his lamp beside him is put out.

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The light in his tent(A) becomes dark;(B)
    the lamp beside him goes out.(C)

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Nevertheless (A)for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, by setting up his son after him and by establishing Jerusalem;

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Nevertheless, for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp(A) in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and by making Jerusalem strong.

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