when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,
Psalm 89:15 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, LORD. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: They shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are the people who know the joyful sound [who understand and appreciate the spiritual blessings symbolized by the feasts]; they walk, O Lord, in the light and favor of Your countenance! American Standard Version (1901) Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: They walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance. Common English Bible The people who know the celebratory shout are truly happy! They walk in the light of your presence, LORD! Catholic Public Domain Version We have been rejoicing, because of the days in which you humbled us, because of the years in which we saw evils. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version We have rejoiced for the days in which thou hast humbled us: for the years in which we have seen evils. |
when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,
Many say, *Who will show us any good?* LORD, let the light of your face shine on us.
For they didn't get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.
In the morning it sprouts and springs up. By evening, it is withered and dry.
Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
In the light of the king's face is life. His favor is like a cloud of the spring rain.
Then you shall sound the loud shofar on the tenth day of the seventh month. On the Day of Atonement you shall sound the shofar throughout all your land.
Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes shalom! Keep your feasts, Yehudah! Perform your vows, for the wicked one will no more pass through you. He is utterly cut off.
Also in the day of your gladness, and in your set feasts, and in the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your shalom offerings; and they shall be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God.
He has not seen iniquity in Ya`akov. Neither has he seen perverseness in Yisra'el. The LORD his God is with him. The shout of a king is among them.
You made known to me the ways of life. You will make me full of gladness with your presence.'
And how will they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: *How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the Good News of shalom, who bring glad tidings of good things!*
But I say, didn't they hear? Yes, most certainly, *Their sound went out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.*
The city has no need for the sun, neither of the moon, to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.