There are many who say, “Who will show us some good? Lift up the light of your face upon us, O Lord!”

Consider and answer me, O Lord my God; light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,

And he sent out his arrows and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.

For it is you who light my lamp; the Lord my God lightens my darkness.

The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation

Of David.

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light.

He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.

My heart throbs; my strength fails me, and the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me.

Send Out Your Light and Your Truth

Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people, from the deceitful and unjust man deliver me!

Send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling!

for not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm save them, but your right hand and your arm, and the light of your face, for you delighted in them.

his soul will go to the generation of his fathers, who will never again see light.

For you have delivered my soul from death, yes, my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.

Those of low estate are but a breath; those of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.

Yours is the day, yours also the night; you have established the heavenly lights and the sun.

The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind; your lightnings lighted up the world; the earth trembled and shook.

In the daytime he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a fiery light.

Blessed are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O Lord, in the light of your face,

You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.

His lightnings light up the world; the earth sees and trembles.

Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.

covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent.

He gave them hail for rain, and fiery lightning bolts through their land.

He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light by night.

Light dawns in the darkness for the upright; he is gracious, merciful, and righteous.

The Lord is God, and he has made his light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords, up to the horns of the altar!

Nun

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.

He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth, who makes lightnings for the rain and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.

to him who made the great lights, for his steadfast love endures forever;

If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night,”

even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you.

Flash forth the lightning and scatter them; send out your arrows and rout them!