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28 You light a lamp for me.
    The Lord, my God, lights up 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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28 For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.

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when he lit up the way before me
    and I walked safely through the 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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When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

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16 I will lead blind Israel down a new path,
    guiding them along an unfamiliar way.
I will brighten the darkness before them
    and smooth out the road ahead of them.
Yes, I will indeed do these things;
    I will 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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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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29 O Lord, you are my lamp.
    The Lord lights up my darkness.

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

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29 For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness.

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But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests,[a] a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:9 Greek a royal priesthood.

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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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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Light shines in the darkness for the godly.
    They are generous, compassionate, 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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Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

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79 to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
    and to guide us to the path 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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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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16 the people who sat in darkness
    have seen a great light.
And for those who lived in the land where death casts its shadow,
    a light has shined.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 4:15-16 Isa 9:1-2 (Greek version).

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

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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27 The Lord’s light penetrates the human spirit,[a]
    exposing every hidden motive.

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  1. 20:27 Or The human spirit is the Lord’s light.

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

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

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