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!

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.

For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, and good news refreshes the bones.

In the light of a king's face there is life, and his favor is like the clouds that bring the spring rain.

When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.

The poor man and the oppressor meet together; the Lord gives light to the eyes of both.

Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness.

Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.

before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain,

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

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

They will growl over it on that day, like the growling of the sea. And if one looks to the land, behold, darkness and distress; and the light is darkened by its clouds.

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.

The light of Israel will become a fire, and his Holy One a flame, and it will burn and devour his thorns and briers in one day.

For the stars of the heavens and their constellations will not give their light; the sun will be dark at its rising, and the moon will not shed its light.

Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise. You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the dead.

Moreover, the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day when the Lord binds up the brokenness of his people, and heals the wounds inflicted by his blow.

“I am the Lord; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations,

And I will lead the blind in a way that they do not know, in paths that they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I do, and I do not forsake them.

I form light and create darkness; I make well-being and create calamity; I am the Lord, who does all these things.

he says: “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the voice of his servant? Let him who walks in darkness and has no light trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.

Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who equip yourselves with burning torches! Walk by the light of your fire, and by the torches that you have kindled! This you have from my hand: you shall lie down in torment.

“Give attention to me, my people, and give ear to me, my nation; for a law will go out from me, and I will set my justice for a light to the peoples.

Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.

if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday.

Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us; we hope for light, and behold, darkness, and for brightness, but we walk in gloom.

The Future Glory of Israel

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.

And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.

The sun shall be no more your light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give you light; but the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.

Your sun shall no more go down, nor your moon withdraw itself; for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your days of mourning shall be ended.

Because she took her whoredom lightly, she polluted the land, committing adultery with stone and tree.

I looked on the earth, and behold, it was without form and void; and to the heavens, and they had no light.

They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace.

They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace.

When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain, and he brings forth the wind from his storehouses.

Give glory to the Lord your God before he brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the twilight mountains, and while you look for light he turns it into gloom and makes it deep darkness.

Moreover, I will banish from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the grinding of the millstones and the light of the lamp.

Thus says the Lord, who gives the sun for light by day and the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the Lord of hosts is his name:

When he utters his voice there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain, and he brings forth the wind from his storehouses.

he has driven and brought me into darkness without any light;

As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches moving to and fro among the living creatures. And the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

And the living creatures darted to and fro, like the appearance of a flash of lightning.

Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, O son of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations that they commit here, that they should fill the land with violence and provoke me still further to anger? Behold, they put the branch to their nose.

sharpened for slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! (Or shall we rejoice? You have despised the rod, my son, with everything of wood.)

that their hearts may melt, and many stumble. At all their gates I have given the glittering sword. Ah, it is made like lightning; it is taken up for slaughter.

“And you, son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach; say, A sword, a sword is drawn for the slaughter. It is polished to consume and to flash like lightning—

When I blot you out, I will cover the heavens and make their stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.

All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over you, and put darkness on your land, declares the Lord God.

he reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.

There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods. In the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him, and King Nebuchadnezzar, your father—your father the king—made him chief of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and astrologers,

I have heard of you that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you.

His body was like beryl, his face like the appearance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of burnished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude.

Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth, and my judgment goes forth as the light.

Let Justice Roll Down

Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord! Why would you have the day of the Lord? It is darkness, and not light,

Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light, and gloom with no brightness in it?

Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep.

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

I will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light; I shall look upon his vindication.

The chariots race madly through the streets; they rush to and fro through the squares; they gleam like torches; they dart like lightning.

His brightness was like the light; rays flashed from his hand; and there he veiled his power.

The sun and moon stood still in their place at the light of your arrows as they sped, at the flash of your glittering spear.

The Lord Will Save His People

Then the Lord will appear over them, and his arrow will go forth like lightning; the Lord God will sound the trumpet and will march forth in the whirlwinds of the south.

On that day there shall be no light, cold, or frost.

And there shall be a unique day, which is known to the Lord, neither day nor night, but at evening time there shall be light.