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Psalm 119:105 KJV
Psalms · chapter 119 · verse 105
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.Psalm 119:105 · King James Version
What Psalm 119:105 means
A lamp in that world lit the next step, not the whole road. That's the honest picture of guidance here — enough light for one step, not a map of the next ten years. You get more of it when you move.
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Psalm 119:105 in context
103How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
105Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
106I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
107I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.
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Key words (Strong's)
- lightʼôwrillumination or luminaryH216 →
- worddâbâra wordH1697 →
- lampnîyra lamp or lightH5216 →
- feetregela footH7272 →
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Observe here, 1. The nature of the word of God, and the great intention of giving it to the world; it is a lamp and a light. It discovers to us, concerning God and ourselves, that which otherwise we could not have known; it shows us what is amiss, and will be dangerous;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary