Psalm 119 is a poster for throwing things against the wall knowing most will stick.  I, for one sure that this is not David who is doing the throwing. Check the last words of David and you will see that not even a word hints at the Sinai covenant (2 Samuel 23).

The lamp that might have occupied the first place in Israelite thought was David’s descendant.  This is due to the promise of perpetual succession.

‘But to his son I will give one tribe, that My servant David may have a lamp always before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen for Myself to put My name. (1 Kings 11:36, NASB)

If you think you are alive or have been successful because you took every precaution and checked every box, you are welcome to that world.

So many in the Christian faith are hanging their hats on perfect performances, as if the leaders in right thinking have said that heading down that road is a waste of time. Making sure we check the boxes for commands, statutes, and judgments, will settle into a space where love is forgotten or deliberately set aside.

Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path. (Psalms 119:105, NASB)

Lit ways that fail

There was never a law, or combination of law that made a person or nation righteous.  Ask yourself what righteousness exalted ancient Israel and what body of law or wisdom will result in the exaltation of modern states.

What can we label as light from the Bible that has set captives free or loosed the fetters of oppression. 

Is the Law then contrary to the promises of God? May it never be! For if a law had been given which was able to impart life, then righteousness would indeed have been based on law. (Galatians 3:21, NASB)

The failure of law is especially evident when the terms of ancient Israel’s civics have no place in enlightened or even mature communities.  Does Jerusalem have peace?  We can assume that people are not going to church and mosque to learn how to derive the full benefits of light.  So ask; keep asking.  What lamp, what feet, what path what light?  Yeah.  What word?