Psalm 119:105 (BSB)

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

From Psalms 119. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Psalm 119:105

• John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Psalm 119:1-176: PSALM 119 As this psalm treats of various matters, it is difficult to give an epitome of its contents. There are, however, two things which the prophet mainly aims at; the exhorting of the children of God to follow godliness and a holy life; and the prescribing of the rule, and pointing out the form of the true worship of God, so that the faithful...
• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Psalm 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...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Psalm 119:105: My soul is continually in my hand,.... In the utmost jeopardy, always exposed to danger, ever delivered unto death; killed all the day long, or liable to be so: this is the sense of the phrase; see Jdg 12:3; for what is in a man's hands may easily fall, or be taken out of them: so the Targum, "my soul is in danger upon the...
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Psalm 119:105: NUN. Thy word [is] a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. (a) Of ourselves we are but darkness and cannot see unless we are lightened with God's Word.