Psalms 18:28

1 Kings 11:36; 1 Peter 2:9; 2 Samuel 22:29; Isaiah 42:16; Isaiah 62:1; Job 18:6; Job 29:3; Luke 1:79; Matthew 4:16; Proverbs 20:27; Psalms 112:4; Psalms 132:17

Related Commentaries of Psalms 18:28

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For thou wilt light my candle - Margin, lamp. The word lamp best expresses the idea. In the Scriptures light is an image of prosperity, success,...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XVIII. See p. 367 for the reasons which make it impossible to ascribe this Ps. to David. Even scholars who hold traditional views admit that he can...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

candle . lamp. Used to-day, in the East, more for comfort than light.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

28. For thou shalt light my lamp. In the song in Samuel, the form of the expression is somewhat more precise; for there it is said not that...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness. For thou wilt light my candle - Thou wilt restore me to prosperity, and gi...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness. Here follows the fourth section of the psalm. The aid which God had...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Of all the Pss. this is the one which can be ascribed with greatest confidence to David. It is found, with some variations, in 2 Samuel 22 , and the...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

My candle] RV 'my lamp,' the symbol of David's prosperity: see Job 18:6 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For thou wilt. — Better, Thou makest bright my lamp. In Samuel, “It is thou Jehovah who art my lamp.” This obvious metaphor is common in Hebrew,...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 18:1-50 THE description of the theophany ( Psalms 18:7-19 ) and that of the psalmist's God-won victories ( Psalms 18:32-46 ) appear to refe...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Girded with Strength for Service Psalms 18:27-50 God's way is perfect, and if only we will walk with Him He will make ours perfect also. Walls...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is one of the most majestic and beautiful of the worship psalms. It is at once a perfect pattern of praise and therefore a great revelation of t...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

All these verses become doubly precious and blessed to the people of Christ, from their personal concern in all that is his. The promise of Jehovah i...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS ‘The Lord my God shall make my darkness to be light.’ Psalms 18:28 (Prayer Book Version) There are three dark shadows wh...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For thou wilt light my candle ,.... Or lamp d: in 2 Samuel 22:29 , it is, "Thou [art] my lamp, O Lord"; which may either design outward prosperity...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 candl...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou wilt light , or, thou dost light , or, hast lighted, my candle That is, given me safety, and comfort, and glory, and posterity also: all whi...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Devout Thanksgivings; Devout Confidence 20 The L ORD rewarded me acc...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Or, thou dost light , or hast lighted, my candle , i.e. given me safety, and comfort, and prosperity, and glory, and posterity also; all which are...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Indeed It Is Through God That We Will Triumph ( Psalms 18:28-29 ). ‘For you will light my lamp, YHWH my God will lighten my darkness. For by you...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “This magnificent triumphal hymn was composed by David in celebration of his deliverance from his enemies. But the sublimity of the fig...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 18:28 There are three dark shadows which fall across every human life. I. There is, first of all, the shadow of sin. It falls dark and thi...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 18:1 . I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. What a blessed «I will»: «I will love thee»! He does love the Lord, and he declares that he...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 18:1-3 . I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength in whom I will tr...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

David prays here in his own person, this being a psalm of memorial, when the Lord had delivered him out of the hands of Saul and of all his enemies....
The Biblical Illustrator

Thou wilt light my candle. Lighted candles In the East the poorest people burnt a lamp all through the night time, for they dreaded a dark hous...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS psalm has many characteristics which distinguish it, not only from all that have preceded it in the collection, but from all t...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Psalm of Thanksgiving for Deliverance and Victory. To the chief musician, for performance in the liturgical service of the Tabernacle and the Te...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For Thou wilt light my candle, making the lamp of his happiness and its light very bright; the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness, bringing him...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Lightest — Given me safety, and comfort, and glory, and posterity also.

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

Related Commentaries of Psalms 18:28

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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