Psalms 18:28

NET ©

Indeed, 1  you are my lamp, Lord. 2  My God 3  illuminates the darkness around me. 4 

NIV ©

You, O LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.

NASB ©

For You light my lamp; The LORD my God illumines my darkness.

NLT ©

LORD, you have brought light to my life; my God, you light up my darkness.

MSG ©

Suddenly, GOD, you floodlight my life; I'm blazing with glory, God's glory!

BBE ©

You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.

NRSV ©

It is you who light my lamp; the LORD, my God, lights up my darkness.

NKJV ©

For You will light my lamp; The LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

KJV
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NET © [draft] ITL
Indeed
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, you
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are my lamp
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, Lord
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. My God
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illuminates
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the darkness
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around me.
NET © Notes

1 tn Or “for.” The translation assumes that כִּי (ki)is asseverative here.

2 tn Ps 18:28 reads literally, “you light my lamp, Lord.” 2 Sam 22:29 has, “you are my lamp, Lord.” The Ps 18 reading may preserve two variants, נֵרִי (neriy, “my lamp”) and אוֹרִי (’oriy, “my light”), cf. Ps 27:1. The verb תָּאִיר (ta’ir, “you light”) in Ps 18:28 would, in this case, be a corruption of the latter. See F. M. Cross and D. N. Freedman, Studies in Ancient Yahwistic Poetry (SBLDS), 150, n. 64. The metaphor, which likens the Lord to a lamp or light, pictures him as the psalmist’s source of life. For other examples of “lamp” used in this way, see Job 18:6; 21:17; Prov 13:9; 20:20; 24:20. For other examples of “light” as a symbol for life, see Job 3:20; 33:30; Ps 56:13.

3 tn 2 Sam 22:29 repeats the name “Lord.”

4 tn Heb “my darkness.”