Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill, To your tents.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

O send out thy light and thy truth - Send them forth as from Your presence, or let them be made manifest.

The word "light" h…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me. —Instead of the violent and contemptuous escort of Assyrian soldiers, leading the ex…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

Why do you cast me off? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? O send out your light and your truth: let them lead me; le…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

O send out your light and your truth
By light is meant, not the law, as Arama; but rather, as some Jewish F16

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Regarding the dispute God had with David for sin, he prays, Enter not into judgment with me, if You do so I will be condemned; but regardi…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century
  1. In the previous psalm, David described his desire. Now, he adds a prayer for the fulfillment of that desire.

    He first offers the p…

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