Psalms 18:29

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־אַ֭תָּה תָּאִ֣יר נֵרִ֑י יְהוָ֥ה אֱ֝לֹהַ֗י יַגִּ֥יהַּ חָשְׁכִּֽי׃

Transliteration

Because-atah ta'ir neri YHWH Elohay yagi'ah choshki.

Grammar Details

• *atah*: 2nd person masculine singular pronoun - you
• *ta'ir*: hifil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will light
• *neri*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my lamp
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
• *Elohay*: masculine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my God
• *yagi'ah*: hifil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will illuminate
• *choshki*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my darkness

Word Meanings

• *ta'ir*: you will light/you will kindle/you will cause to shine
• *neri*: my lamp/my light
• *yagi'ah*: he will illuminate/he will make bright/he will lighten
• *choshki*: my darkness/my gloom

Referenced Verses

• Eph 6:10-13 : 10 ¶ Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places]. 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
• 2 Cor 12:9-9 : 9 And he said unto me, ‹My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.› Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
• 2 Sam 22:30 : 30 For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.
• Ps 44:6-7 : 6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. 7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
• Ps 144:1 : 1 ¶ [A Psalm] of David. Blessed [be] the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, [and] my fingers to fight:
• Ps 144:10 : 10 [It is he] that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
• 1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which [was bestowed] upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
• 1 Sam 17:49 : 49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang [it], and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
• 1 Sam 23:2 : 2 Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.
• 1 Sam 30:8 : 8 And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake [them], and without fail recover [all].
• 2 Sam 5:19-20 : 19 And David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand. 20 And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baalperazim.
• Col 2:15 : 15 [And] having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
• Rev 3:21 : 21 ‹To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.›
• 2 Sam 5:25 : 25 And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.