Sentences with phrase «lamp to one's feet»
Light is a metaphor for God's illumination of the path: «Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.»
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«A lamp to my feet and a light to my path...»
My father read over me Psalm 119:105: «Your word is a lamp to my feet!
When we use the words «law» and «legalism,» which latter we often take as a synonym for the former, in any way which is incompatible with the 119th Psalm («Thy word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path» — verse 105), we misunderstand Judaism and inevitably set Jesus falsely in opposition to Judaism.
Psalm 119:105 says: - «Your word is a lamp to my feet, & a light for my path» (NIV).
On the other hand, «vision» means «to see» and I figure only God can see the path before us and if Jesus is the lamp to our feet (not miles down the road), then this keeps me focused on the here and now.
«Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.»