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28 It is you who light my lamp;
    the Lord, my God, lights up my darkness.(A)

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

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

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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 Indeed, you are my lamp, O Lord;
    the Lord lightens my darkness.(A)

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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 lead the blind
    by a road they do not know;
by paths they have not known
    I will guide them.
I will turn the darkness before them into light,
    the rough places into level ground.
These are the things I will do,
    and I will not forsake them.(A)

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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 people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people,[a] in order that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 2.9 Gk a people for his possession

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

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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 to shine upon those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
    to guide our feet into the way of peace.”(A)

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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 The human spirit is the lamp of the Lord,
    searching every inmost part.(A)

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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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Footnotes

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

They rise in the darkness as a light for the upright;
    they are gracious, merciful, and righteous.(A)

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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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The Vindication and Salvation of Zion

62 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,
    and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest,
until her vindication shines out like the dawn
    and her salvation like a burning torch.(A)

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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 There I will cause a horn to sprout up for David;
    I have prepared a lamp for my anointed one.(A)

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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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Footnotes

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

The light is dark in their tent,
    and the lamp above them 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, for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, setting up his son after him and establishing Jerusalem,(A)

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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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