Job 29:2-3, Psa 27:13, 142:7 | JFB | STEP | 2. preserved me-- from calamity.

‏ Job 29:2-3

2. preserved me--from calamity.

3. candle--when His favor shone on me (see on Job 18:6 and Psa 18:28).

darkness--By His safeguard I passed secure through dangers. Perhaps alluding to the lights carried before caravans in nightly travels through deserts [Noyes].

‏ Psalms 27:13

13. The strong emotion is indicated by the incomplete sentence, for which the English Version supplies a proper clause; or, omitting that, and rendering, "yet I believed," &c., the contrast of his faith and his danger is expressed.

to see--is to experience (Psa 22:17).

‏ Psalms 142:7

7. (Compare Psa 25:17).

that I may praise--literally, "for praising," or, "that Thy name may be praised," that is, by the righteous, who shall surround me with sympathizing joy (Psa 35:27).