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Selected Verse: Psalms 119:105 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 119:105 |
Strong Concordance |
NUN. Thy word [01697] is a lamp [05216] unto my feet [07272], and a light [0216] unto my path [05410]. |
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King James |
NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
NUN. (Psa 119:105-112).
Not only does the Word of God inform us of His will, but, as a light on a path in darkness, it shows us how to follow the right and avoid the wrong way. The lamp of the Word is not the sun. He would blind our eyes in our present fallen state; but we may bless God for the light shining as in a dark place, to guide us until the Sun of Righteousness shall come, and we shall be made capable of seeing Him (Pe2 1:19; Rev 22:4). The lamp is fed with the oil of the Spirit. The allusion is to the lamps and torches carried at night before an Eastern caravan. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet - This begins a new portion of the psalm, indicated by the Hebrew letter Nun (נ n), equivalent to our "n." The margin here is "candle." The Hebrew word means a light, lamp, candle. The idea is, that the word of God is like a torch or lamp ton man in a dark night. It shows him the way; it prevents his stumbling over obstacles, or failing down precipices, or wandering off into paths which would lead into danger, or would turn him away altogether from the path to life. Compare the notes at Pe2 1:19.
And a light unto my path - The same idea substantially is presented here. It is a light which shines on the road that a man treads, so that he may see the path, and that he may see any danger which may be in his path. The expression is very beautiful, and is full of instruction. He who makes the word of God his guide, and marks its teachings, is in the right way. He will clearly see the path. He will be able to mark the road in which he ought to go, and to avoid all those by-paths which would lead him astray. He will see where those by-roads turn off from the main path - often at a very small angle, and so that there seems to be no divergence. He will see any obstruction which may lie in his path; any declivity or precipice which may be near, and down which, in a dark night, one might fall. Man needs such a guide, and the Bible is such a guide. Compare the notes at Psa 119:9. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
The eightfold Nun. The word of God is his constant guide, to which he has entrusted himself for ever. The way here below is a way through darkness, and leads close past abysses: in this danger of falling and of going astray the word of God is a lamp to his feet, i.e., to his course, and a light to his path (Pro 6:23); his lamp or torch and his sun. That which he has sworn, viz., to keep God's righteous requirements, he has also set up, i.e., brought to fulfilment, but not without being bowed down under heavy afflictions in confessing God; wherefore he prays (as in Psa 119:25) that God would revive him in accordance with His word, which promises life to those who keep it. The confessions of prayer coming from the inmost impulse of his whole heart, in which he owns his indebtedness and gives himself up entirely to God's mercy, he calls the free-will offerings of his mouth in Psa 119:108 (cf. Psa 50:14; 19:15). He bases the prayer for a gracious acceptance of these upon the fact of his being reduced to extremity. "To have one's soul in one's hand" is the same as to be in conscious peril of one's life, just as "to take one's soul into one's hand" (Jdg 12:3; Sa1 19:5; Sa1 28:21; Job 13:14) is the same as to be ready to give one's life for it, to risk one's life.
(Note: Cf. B. Taanth 8a: "The prayer of a man is not answered אלא אם כן משׂים נפשׁו בכפו, i.e., if he is not ready to sacrifice his life.")
Although his life is threatened (Psa 119:87), yet he does not waver and depart from God's word; he has taken and obtained possession of God's testimonies for ever (cf. Psa 119:98); they are his "heritage," for which he willingly gives up everything else, for they (המּה inexactly for הנּה) it is which bless and entrance him in his inmost soul. In Psa 119:112 it is not to be interpreted after Psa 19:12 : eternal is the reward (of the carrying out of Thy precepts), but in Psa 119:33 עקב is equivalent to לעד, and Psa 119:44 proves that Psa 119:112 need not be a thought that is complete in itself. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Thy word is a lamp - This is illustrated thus by Solomon, Pro 6:23 : "The commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life." God's word is a candle which may be held in the hand to give us light in every dark place and chamber; and it is a general light shining upon all his works, and upon all our ways. |
4 And [2532] they shall see [3700] his [846] face [4383]; and [2532] his [846] name [3686] shall be in [1909] their [846] foreheads [3359].
19 We have [2192] also [2532] a more sure [949] word [3056] of prophecy [4397]; whereunto [3739] ye do [4160] well [2573] that ye take heed [4337], as [5613] unto a light [3088] that shineth [5316] in [1722] a dark [850] place [5117], until [2193] [3739] the day [2250] dawn [1306], and [2532] the day star [5459] arise [393] in [1722] your [5216] hearts [2588]:
105 NUN. Thy word [01697] is a lamp [05216] unto my feet [07272], and a light [0216] unto my path [05410].
106 I have sworn [07650], and I will perform [06965] it, that I will keep [08104] thy righteous [06664] judgments [04941].
107 I am afflicted [06031] very much [03966]: quicken [02421] me, O LORD [03068], according unto thy word [01697].
108 Accept [07521], I beseech thee, the freewill offerings [05071] of my mouth [06310], O LORD [03068], and teach [03925] me thy judgments [04941].
109 My soul [05315] is continually [08548] in my hand [03709]: yet do I not forget [07911] thy law [08451].
110 The wicked [07563] have laid [05414] a snare [06341] for me: yet I erred [08582] not from thy precepts [06490].
111 Thy testimonies [05715] have I taken as an heritage [05157] for ever [05769]: for they are the rejoicing [08342] of my heart [03820].
112 I have inclined [05186] mine heart [03820] to perform [06213] thy statutes [02706] alway [05769], even unto the end [06118].
9 BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man [05288] cleanse [02135] his way [0734]? by taking heed [08104] thereto according to thy word [01697].
19 We have [2192] also [2532] a more sure [949] word [3056] of prophecy [4397]; whereunto [3739] ye do [4160] well [2573] that ye take heed [4337], as [5613] unto a light [3088] that shineth [5316] in [1722] a dark [850] place [5117], until [2193] [3739] the day [2250] dawn [1306], and [2532] the day star [5459] arise [393] in [1722] your [5216] hearts [2588]:
112 I have inclined [05186] mine heart [03820] to perform [06213] thy statutes [02706] alway [05769], even unto the end [06118].
44 So shall I keep [08104] thy law [08451] continually [08548] for ever [05769] and ever [05703].
33 HE. Teach [03384] me, O LORD [03068], the way [01870] of thy statutes [02706]; and I shall keep [05341] it unto the end [06118].
12 Who can understand [0995] his errors [07691]? cleanse [05352] thou me from secret [05641] faults.
112 I have inclined [05186] mine heart [03820] to perform [06213] thy statutes [02706] alway [05769], even unto the end [06118].
98 Thou through thy commandments [04687] hast made me wiser [02449] than mine enemies [0341]: for they are ever [05769] with me.
87 They had almost [04592] consumed [03615] me upon earth [0776]; but I forsook [05800] not thy precepts [06490].
14 Wherefore do I take [05375] my flesh [01320] in my teeth [08127], and put [07760] my life [05315] in mine hand [03709]?
21 And the woman [0802] came [0935] unto Saul [07586], and saw [07200] that he was sore [03966] troubled [0926], and said [0559] unto him, Behold, thine handmaid [08198] hath obeyed [08085] thy voice [06963], and I have put [07760] my life [05315] in my hand [03709], and have hearkened [08085] unto thy words [01697] which thou spakest [01696] unto me.
5 For he did put [07760] his life [05315] in his hand [03709], and slew [05221] the Philistine [06430], and the LORD [03068] wrought [06213] a great [01419] salvation [08668] for all Israel [03478]: thou sawest [07200] it, and didst rejoice [08055]: wherefore then wilt thou sin [02398] against innocent [05355] blood [01818], to slay [04191] David [01732] without a cause [02600]?
3 And when I saw [07200] that ye delivered [03467] me not, I put [07760] my life [05315] in my hands [03709], and passed over [05674] against the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and the LORD [03068] delivered [05414] them into my hand [03027]: wherefore then are ye come up [05927] unto me this day [03117], to fight [03898] against me?
14 Offer [02076] unto God [0430] thanksgiving [08426]; and pay [07999] thy vows [05088] unto the most High [05945]:
108 Accept [07521], I beseech thee, the freewill offerings [05071] of my mouth [06310], O LORD [03068], and teach [03925] me thy judgments [04941].
25 DALETH. My soul [05315] cleaveth [01692] unto the dust [06083]: quicken [02421] thou me according to thy word [01697].
23 For the commandment [04687] is a lamp [05216]; and the law [08451] is light [0216]; and reproofs [08433] of instruction [04148] are the way [01870] of life [02416]:
23 For the commandment [04687] is a lamp [05216]; and the law [08451] is light [0216]; and reproofs [08433] of instruction [04148] are the way [01870] of life [02416]: