Thou wilt light my candle— i.e. Advance me to honour, and increase my prosperity; and make me continually joyful by thy favour. Nothing more usual among the Oriental writers than the representing any person or family by a lamp enlightening the whole house. See 1 Kings 11:36; 1 Kings 15:4. Job 18:5-6.
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Psalms 18:28
28 For thou wilt light my candle:g the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.