2 Samuel 22:29
For you are my light, O Lord; and the Lord will make the dark bright for me.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
In Context
Cross References
Job 29:3When his light was shining over my head, and when I went through the dark by his light.
Psalms 18:28\18:27\For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but eyes full of pride will be made low.
Psalms 84:11\84:10\For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin.
Psalms 112:4For the upright there is a light shining in the dark; he is full of grace and pity.
Isaiah 60:19The sun will not be your light by day, and the moon will no longer be bright for you by night: but the Lord will be to you an eternal light, and your God your glory.
Malachi 4:2But to you who give worship to my name, the sun of righteousness will come up with new life in its wings; and you will go out, playing like young oxen full of food.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 22:3-51
David's Song of Praise. ( b. c. 1020.) 1 And David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: Observe here, I. That it has often been the lot of God's people to have many enemies, and to be in imminent danger of falling into their hands. David was a man after God's heart, but not after men's heart: many were those that hated him, and sought his ruin; Saul is particularly named, either, 1. As distinguished… Read the whole commentary →