Psalms 18:28

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־אַ֭תָּה עַם־עָנִ֣י תוֹשִׁ֑יעַ וְעֵינַ֖יִם רָמ֣וֹת תַּשְׁפִּֽיל׃

Transliteration

Because-atah am-ani toshi'a and eynayim ramot tashpil.

Grammar Details

*atah*: 2nd person masculine singular pronoun - you
*am*: masculine singular noun - people
*ani*: masculine singular adjective - afflicted/poor
*toshi'a*: hifil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will save
*eynayim*: feminine dual noun - eyes
*ramot*: feminine plural adjective - haughty/lofty
*tashpil*: hifil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will bring low

Word Meanings

*am*: people/people group/nation
*ani*: afflicted/poor/humble
*toshi'a*: you will save/you will deliver/you will help
*ramot*: haughty/lofty/proud
*tashpil*: you will bring low/you will humble/you will cast down

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
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Referenced Verses

Job 18:6 : 6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
Ps 132:17 : 17 There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
Job 29:3 : 3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
1 Kgs 11:36 : 36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
Ps 112:4 : 4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
Prov 20:27 : 27 The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
Isa 42:16 : 16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
Isa 62:1 : 1 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
Matt 4:16 : 16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
Luke 1:79 : 79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
1 Kgs 15:4 : 4 Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:
2 Sam 22:29 : 29 For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.

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