PSA 119

Psalm 119:105

WEB

Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

BSB

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

KJV

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Matthew Henry

Verse 105

Psalms 119:105

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; it directs us in our work and way, and a dark place indeed the world would be without it. It is a lamp which we may set up by us, and take into our hands for our own particular use, Pro 6:23. The commandment is a lamp kept burning with the oil of the Spirit; it is like the lamps in the sanctuary, and the pillar of fire to Israel. 2. The use we should make of it. It must be not only a light to out eyes, to gratify them, and fill our heads with speculations, but a light to our feet and to our path, to direct us in the right ordering of our conversation, both in the choice of our way in general and in the particular steps we take in that way, that we may not take a false way nor a false step in the right way. We are then truly sensible of God's goodness to us in giving us such a lamp and light when we make it a guide to our feet, our path.

Cross-references: Prov 6:23

Hebrew interlinear

H5216

נִירnîyr/neer/

n-m — lamp, light

Derivation: or נִר; also נֵיר; or נֵר; or (feminine) נֵרָה; from a primitive root (see 5214; 5135) properly, meaning to glisten;

a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)

KJV: candle, lamp, light.

נִיר

n.[m.] — lamp

נִיר n.[m.] lamp

נֵר

n.m — lamp

נֵר 43 n.m. lamp

H7272

רֶגֶלregel/reh'-gel/

n-f — foot, step, pudenda

Derivation: from 7270;

a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda

KJV: × be able to endure, × according as, × after, × coming, × follow, (broken-)foot(-ed, -stool), × great toe, × haunt, × journey, leg, piss, possession, time.

רֶ֫גֶל

n.f — foot

רֶ֫גֶל 247 n.f. foot

1. foot

2. three times (feet, paces)

H1697

דָּבָרdâbâr/daw-baw'/

n-m — word, matter, spoken, thing, cause

Derivation: from 1696;

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

KJV: act, advice, affair, answer, × any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, chronicles, commandment, × commune(-ication), concern(-ing), confer, counsel, dearth, decree, deed, × disease, due, duty, effect, eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-) ness, glory, harm, hurt, iniquity, judgment, language, lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, × ought, × parts, pertaining, please, portion, power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, × (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, sign, so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, song, speech, × spoken, talk, task, that, × there done, thing (concerning), thought, thus, tidings, what(-soever), wherewith, which, word, work.

דָּבָר

n.m — speech

דָּבָר 1439 n.m. speech, word

I. sg. speech, discourse, saying, word, as the sum of that which is spoken

II. sg. saying, utterance, sentence, as a section of a discourse

III. sg. a word, words

IV. sg. matter, affair, thing about which one speaks

H216

אוֹרʼôwr/ore/

n-f — illumination, luminary

Derivation: from 215;

illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

KJV: bright, clear, day, light (-ning), morning, sun.

אוֹר

n.m — light

אוֹר 121 n.m. light

1. light as diffused in nature, light of day

2. morning light, dawn

3. light of the heavenly luminaries

4. daylight

5. lightning

6. light of lamp

7. light of life

8. light of prosperity

9. light of instruction

10. light of face

11. Yahweh

H5410

נָתִיבnâthîyb/naw-theeb'/

n-m — track

Derivation: or (feminine) נְתִיבָה; or נְתִבָה; (Jeremiah 6:16), from an unused root meaning to tramp;

a (beaten) track

KJV: path(-way), × travel(-ler), way.

נָתִיב

n.m — path

נָתִיב n.m. path, pathway

נְתִיבָה

n.f — path

נְתִיבָה n.f. id. [n.gd.ab];—path

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