Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
Psalm 119:105 ESV
His Word continually surprises me… its depth… its treasures…
Even in this verse… one I thought well studied… I find a new facet…
A definition of the original Hebrew… the word translated as lamp… there is something new to see…
נִיר (nîr): n.[masc.]… chosen rulership, presence, formally, lamp, i.e., the reigning presence of an heir, with a special focus to keep or guard something, as a figurative extension of a lamp that gives light (as in the Temple)…
–Dictionary of Biblical Languages with Semantic Domains: Hebrew (Old Testament) (Oak Harbor: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 1997).
Your Word is… a lamp to my feet… can also be rendered… Your Word is… a chosen rulership to my feet…
Jesus… the Word made flesh… when we follow Him… He is our Lamp… Ruler… Presence… which lights our way…
He reigns with a special focus to keep and guard us…
Following Him… letting His Word rule our lives… turns our darkness… into light…
For it is you who light my lamp; the Lord my God lightens my darkness.
Psalm 18:28 ESV
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What lamp are you using to light your path…? Is it leading you into…? or away from…? darkness…?
Only One… shines… true…
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