28 For thou wilt light my candle: 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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When his candle shined 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 thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness.

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

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79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to 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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16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto 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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Unto the upright there ariseth 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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The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

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

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But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous 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 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.

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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

62 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.

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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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27 The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

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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

17 There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.

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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.

36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.

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36 I will give one tribe(A) to his son so that David my servant may always have a lamp(B) before me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put my Name.

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