For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
The verse belongs to a song David composed while Saul was hunting him and seeking his life, pursuing him to kill him. In that song he recounts his dangers and deliverances and gives praise and glory to God as his merciful preserver through danger and hardship. The verse declares the Lord to be his lamp, giving him light amid darkness and distress. It presents God as dispelling the darkness, showing the way, guiding and bringing him through trouble. It is an expression of trust that God lightens darkness and preserves through hardship.
The verse belongs to a song David composed while Saul was hunting him and seeking his life, pursuing him to kill him. In that song he recounts his dangers and deliverances and gives praise and glory to God as his merciful preserver through danger and hardship. The verse declares the Lord to be his lamp, giving him light amid darkness and distress. It presents God as dispelling the darkness, showing the way, guiding and bringing him through trouble. It is an expression of trust that God lightens darkness and preserves through hardship.