For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
Ver. 28. For thou wilt light my candle] Or, Thou hast lighted my candle, that is, thou hast bettered my condition, which seemed to be put out in obscurity. The wicked man's is, Job 18:6; Job 21:17 Proverbs 13:9 .
The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness] He hath, and yet still will turn my grief into joy, as Esther 8:17, and meanwhile direct and comfort me in mine afflictions; as a candle is a great comfort in the dark, though it doth not make day where it comes, as the sun doth,