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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  1. Psalm 27:1 Or refuge

Psalm 27

Of David.

The Lord is my light(A) and my salvation(B)
    whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold(C) of my life—
    of whom shall I be afraid?(D)

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[a] (A)The people (B)who walked in darkness
    have seen a great light;
those who dwelt in a land of (C)deep darkness,
    on them has light shone.

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  1. Isaiah 9:2 Ch 9:1 in Hebrew

The people walking in darkness(A)
    have seen a great light;(B)
on those living in the land of deep darkness(C)
    a light has dawned.(D)

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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.

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The Glory of Zion

60 “Arise,(A) shine, for your light(B) has come,
    and the glory(C) of the Lord rises upon you.

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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]

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

19 The sun will no more be your light by day,
    nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you,
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,(A)
    and your God will be your glory.(B)

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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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But for you who revere my name,(A) the sun of righteousness(B) will rise with healing(C) in its rays. And you will go out and frolic(D) like well-fed calves.

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76 And you, child, will be called (A)the prophet of (B)the Most High;
    for (C)you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people
    (D)in the forgiveness of their sins,
78 because of the (E)tender mercy of our God,
    whereby (F)the sunrise shall (G)visit us[a] (H)from on high
79 to (I)give light to (J)those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
    to guide our feet into (K)the way of (L)peace.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 1:78 Or when the sunrise shall dawn upon us; some manuscripts since the sunrise has visited us

76 And you, my child, will be called a prophet(A) of the Most High;(B)
    for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,(C)
77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation
    through the forgiveness of their sins,(D)
78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
    by which the rising sun(E) will come to us from heaven
79 to shine on those living in darkness
    and in the shadow of death,(F)
to guide our feet into the path of peace.”(G)

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46 (A)I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.

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46 I have come into the world as a light,(A) so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.

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Walking in the Light

(A)This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that (B)God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. (C)If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and (D)do not practice the truth. But (E)if we walk in the light, (F)as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and (G)the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. (H)If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and (I)the truth is not in us. (J)If we confess our sins, he is (K)faithful and just to forgive us our sins and (L)to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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Light and Darkness, Sin and Forgiveness

This is the message we have heard(A) from him and declare to you: God is light;(B) in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness,(C) we lie and do not live out the truth.(D) But if we walk in the light,(E) as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all[a] sin.(F)

If we claim to be without sin,(G) we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.(H) If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins(I) and purify us from all unrighteousness.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 1:7 Or every

(A)No longer will there be anything accursed, but (B)the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and (C)his servants will worship him. (D)They will see his face, and (E)his name will be on their foreheads. And (F)night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp (G)or sun, for (H)the Lord God will be their light, and (I)they will reign forever and ever.

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No longer will there be any curse.(A) The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him.(B) They will see his face,(C) and his name will be on their foreheads.(D) There will be no more night.(E) They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light.(F) And they will reign for ever and ever.(G)

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