Psalm 119:104 - Your Word is a Lamp to My Feet

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Your Word is a Lamp to My Feet
…103How sweet are Your words to my taste—sweeter than honey in my mouth! 104I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every FALSE way. 105Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.…

Cross References

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.Psalm 119:128
Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.Psalm 119:130
The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.Psalm 119:163
I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.

Psalm 119:98,100
Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me…

therefore

Psalm 119:128
Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.

Psalm 36:4
He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

Psalm 97:10
Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

false way

Psalm 119:29,30
Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously…

Proverbs 14:12
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Matthew 7:13
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

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Psalm 119

1. This psalm contains various prayers, praises, and professions of obedience.
2. Aleph.
9. Beth
17. Gimel
25. Daleth
33. He
41. Waw
49. Zayin
57. Heth
65. Teth
73. Yodh
81. Kaph
89. Lamedh
97. Mem
105. Nun
113. Samekh
121. Ayin
129. Pe
137. Tsadhe
145. Qoph
153. Resh
161. Sin and Shin
169. Taw

Verse 104. - Through thy precepts I get understanding (see the comment on vers. 98 and 100). Therefore I hate every false way. A "false way" is one that leads to error and sin (comp. vers. 29 and 128). Parallel Commentaries ...

Hebrew

I gain understanding
אֶתְבּוֹנָ֑ן (’eṯ·bō·w·nān)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 995: To separate mentally, understand

from Your precepts;
מִפִּקּוּדֶ֥יךָ (mip·piq·qū·ḏe·ḵā)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6490: Appointed, a mandate

therefore
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

I hate
שָׂנֵ֤אתִי ׀ (śā·nê·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 8130: To hate

every
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

FALSE
שָֽׁקֶר׃ (šā·qer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8267: Deception, disappointment, falsehood

way.
אֹ֬רַח (’ō·raḥ)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 734: A well-trodden road, a caravan

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