28 For it is you who light my (A)lamp;
    the Lord my God lightens my darkness.

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28 You, Lord, keep my lamp(A) burning;
    my God turns my darkness into light.(B)

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11 (A)Light (B)is sown[a] for the righteous,
    and joy for the upright in heart.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 97:11 Most Hebrew manuscripts; one Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint, Syriac, Jerome Light dawns

11 Light shines[a](A) on the righteous(B)
    and joy on the upright in heart.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 97:11 One Hebrew manuscript and ancient versions (see also 112:4); most Hebrew manuscripts Light is sown

16 The Jews had (A)light and gladness and joy and honor.

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16 For the Jews it was a time of happiness and joy,(A) gladness and honor.(B)

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But you are (A)a chosen race, (B)a royal (C)priesthood, (D)a holy nation, (E)a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you (F)out of darkness into (G)his marvelous light.

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But you are a chosen people,(A) a royal priesthood,(B) a holy nation,(C) God’s special possession,(D) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.(E)

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