For You lightmy lamp;The LORDmy Godilluminesmy darkness.
When His lampshoneovermy head,[And] by His lightI walkedthrough darkness;
"For You are my lamp,O LORD;And the LORDilluminesmy darkness.
"I will leadthe blindby a waythey do not know,In pathsthey do not knowI will guidethem. I will makedarknessinto lightbeforethem And ruggedplacesinto plains.Theseare the thingsI will do,And I will not leavethem undone."
But you are A CHOSENRACE,A royalPRIESTHOOD,A HOLYNATION,A PEOPLEFOR [God's] OWN POSSESSION,sothat you may proclaimthe excellenciesof Him who has calledyou out of darknessinto His marvelouslight;
"THE PEOPLEWHO WERE SITTINGIN DARKNESSSAWA GREATLIGHT,AND THOSEWHO WERE SITTINGIN THE LANDAND SHADOWOF DEATH,UPON THEM A LIGHTDAWNED."
TO SHINEUPON THOSEWHO SITIN DARKNESSAND THE SHADOWOF DEATH,To guideour feetinto the wayof peace."
The spiritof manis the lampof the LORD,Searchingallthe innermostpartsof his being.
Lightarisesin the darknessfor the upright;[He is] graciousand compassionateand righteous.
For Zion'ssakeI will not keepsilent,And for Jerusalem'ssakeI will not keepquiet,Untilher righteousnessgoesforthlike brightness,And her salvationlike a torchthat is burning.
"ThereI will cause the hornof Davidto springforth;I have prepareda lampfor Mine anointed.
"The lightin his tentis darkened,And his lampgoesout abovehim.
But for David'ssakethe LORDhis Godgavehim a lampin Jerusalem,to raiseup his sonafterhim and to establishJerusalem;
But to his sonI will giveonetribe,that My servantDavidmay havea lampalwaysbeforeMe in Jerusalem,the citywhereI have chosenfor Myself to putMy name.
The proudlookof manwill be abasedAnd the loftinessof manwill be humbled,And the LORDalonewill be exaltedin that day.
For the LORDof hostswill have a day[of reckoning] Againsteveryonewhois proudand loftyAnd againsteveryonewho is liftedup, That he may be abased.
