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

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Your word is a lamp to my feet — This begins a new portion of the psalm, indicated by the Hebrew letter Nun (נ n), equiv…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

NUN.

See Proverbs 6:23.

So Wordsworth calls Duty:
“A light to guide.”

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

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

It shows me the way; it cheers me in the way; it reveals to me the diffi…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Thy word is a lamp to my feet. In this verse the Psalmist testifies that the Divine Law was his schoolmaster and guide in leading a holy l…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century
(n) , NUN.--The Fourteenth Part .

Psalms 119:105

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The word of God directs us in our work and way, and a dark place indeed the world would be without it. The commandment is a lamp kept burning with …

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