Psalms 36:9

In thy light. — Better, by thy light. This wonderful verse inspired Milton’s sublime invocation:

“The author of all being,
Fountain of light, thyself invisible
Amidst the glorious brightness where thou sitt’st.”

It contains the germ of that moral and spiritual teaching which had its highest development in the Epistles of St. John. But the original intention of the words seems to be that the favour and bounty of God commend themselves as divine in origin, especially to those in the covenant relation.