Psalms 119:105
Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and light to my path.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
In Context
104Through thy precepts I get understanding. Therefore I hate every FALSE way.
106I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will observe thy righteous ordinances.
Cross References
Psalms 18:28For thou will light my lamp. LORD my God will lighten my darkness.
Psalms 43:3O send out thy light and thy truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
Ephesians 5:13But all things exposed are revealed by the light, for everything that is seen is light.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:104-105
103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! 104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. Here is, 1. The wonderful pleasure and delight which David took in the word of God; it was sweet to his taste, sweeter than honey. There is such a thing as a spiritual taste, an inward savour and relish of divine things, such an evidence of them to ourselves, by experience, as we cannot give to others. We have heard him ourselves, John iv. 42 . To this… Read the whole commentary →