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

(A)The Lord is on my side; (B)I will not fear.
    What can man do to me?

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So we can confidently say,

(A)“The Lord is my helper;
    (B)I will not fear;
what can man do to me?”

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(A)The Lord is my strength and my (B)song,
    and he has become (C)my salvation;
this is my God, and I will praise him,
    (D)my father's God, and (E)I will exalt him.

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But he said to me, (A)“My grace is sufficient for you, for (B)my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that (C)the power of Christ may rest upon me.

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19 (A)The sun shall be no more
    your light by day,
nor for brightness shall the moon
    give you light;[a]
but the Lord will be your everlasting light,
    and your God will be your glory.[b]
20 Your sun shall no more go down,
    nor your moon withdraw itself;
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,
    and (B)your days of mourning shall be ended.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 60:19 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Targum add by night
  2. Isaiah 60:19 Or your beauty

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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God's Everlasting Love

31 What then shall we say to these things? (A)If God is for us, who can be[a] against us?

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 8:31 Or who is

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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But as for me, I will look to the Lord;
    (A)I will wait for the God of my salvation;
    my God will hear me.

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

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10 (A)I will greatly rejoice in the Lord;
    my soul shall exult in my God,
(B)for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation;
    he has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom decks himself (C)like a priest with a beautiful headdress,
    (D)and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

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“Behold, God is my salvation;
    I will trust, and will not be afraid;
for (A)the Lord God[a] is my strength and my song,
    and he has become my salvation.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 12:2 Hebrew for Yah, the Lord

(A)He only is my rock and my salvation,
    my fortress; I shall not be shaken.

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14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
    be acceptable in your sight,
    O Lord, my (A)rock and my (B)redeemer.

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23 And the city (A)has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for (B)the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.

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13 I can do all things (A)through him who strengthens me.

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The Lord Is My Rock and My Fortress

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, (A)the servant of the Lord, (B)who addressed the words of this (C)song to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said:

18 I love you, O Lord, my strength.
The Lord is my (D)rock and my (E)fortress and my deliverer,
    my God, my (F)rock, in (G)whom I take refuge,
    my (H)shield, and (I)the horn of my salvation, my (J)stronghold.

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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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21 I thank you that (A)you have answered me
    (B)and have become my salvation.

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28 For it is you who light my (A)lamp;
    the Lord my God lightens my darkness.

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

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The Word Became Flesh

(A)In the beginning was (B)the Word, and (C)the Word was with God, and (D)the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. (E)All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. (F)In him was life,[a] and (G)the life was the light of men. (H)The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

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Footnotes

  1. John 1:4 Or was not any thing made. That which has been made was life in him

God Is Our Fortress

To the choirmaster. Of (A)the Sons of Korah. According to (B)Alamoth.[a] A Song.

46 God is our (C)refuge and strength,
    a very (D)present[b] help in (E)trouble.
Therefore we will not fear (F)though the earth gives way,
    though the mountains be moved into (G)the heart of the sea,

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 46:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
  2. Psalm 46:1 Or well proved

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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O house of Jacob,
    come, let us walk
    in (A)the light of the Lord.

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