Psalms

Psalm 18:28–29

²⁸For You, O LORD, light my lamp;

my God lights up my darkness.

²⁹For in You I can charge an army,

and with my God I can scale a wall.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
You	אַ֭תָּה	’at·tāh	Pronoun - second person masculine singular	H859 thou
O LORD	יְהוָ֥ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
light	תָּאִ֣יר	tā·’îr	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H215 be or become light
my lamp	נֵרִ֑י	nê·rî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H5216 lamp
my God	אֱ֝לֹהַ֗י	’ĕ·lō·hay	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H430 God
lights up	יַגִּ֥יהַּ	yag·gî·ah	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5050 shine
my darkness	חָשְׁכִּֽי׃	ḥā·šə·kî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H2822 darkness, obscurity

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
in You	בְ֭ךָ	ḇə·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular
I can charge	אָרֻ֣ץ	’ā·ruṣ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H7323 run
an army	גְּד֑וּד	gə·ḏūḏ	Noun - masculine singular	H1416 band, troop
and with my God	וּ֝בֵֽאלֹהַ֗י	ū·ḇê·lō·hay	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H430 God
I can scale	אֲדַלֶּג־	’ă·ḏal·leḡ-	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular	H1801 leap
a wall	שֽׁוּר׃	šūr	Noun - masculine singular	H7791 wall

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 18:28 2 Samuel 22:29 · Job 29:3 · Isaiah 42:16 · Matthew 4:16 · Luke 1:79 · 1 Peter 2:9 · Psalm 112:4 · Proverbs 20:27 · Isaiah 62:1 · Psalm 132:17 · Job 18:6 · 1 Kings 11:36

Psalm 18:29 2 Samuel 22:30 · Ephesians 6:10–13 · 2 Corinthians 12:9–10 · Revelation 3:21 · Colossians 2:15 · 1 Corinthians 15:10 · Psalm 44:6–7 · 2 Samuel 5:19–20 · Psalm 144:10 · 1 Samuel 23:2 · Psalm 144:1 · 2 Samuel 5:25

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.