28For you will light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.


In Context

25 With the merciful you will show yourself merciful; with an upright man you will show yourself upright;

26 With the pure you will show yourself pure; and with the fraudulent you will show yourself devious.

27 For you will save the afflicted people; but will bring down high looks.

28 For you will light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

29 For by you I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.

30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.

Psalm 18:28 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:28For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:28You, O Lord , keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:28For thou lightest my lamp, O Lord: O my God enlighten my darkness.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:28For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:28For it is thou that makest my lamp to shine: Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:28For thou wilt light my lamp: the LORD my God will lighten my darkness.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:28For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:28For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:28For Thou — Thou lightest my lamp, Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.