John 3:20

For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.

2 Timothy 2:15

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

The light of the lamp is truth and it exposes us for what we are in truth and from this light we cannot hide ourselves from God. The knowledge that our true nature is exposed only means shame to the children of God, to the sinner that takes pride in sin it does not matter. They do not recognize God’s authority to judge. They do not believe there is a God.

Sin becomes their god. They love their sinful life and will not give it up for anyone.

Matthew 7:6

“Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.”

Matthew 12:33

A Tree Is Known by Its Fruit

“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit.”

Two issues are visible in the light of truth, we see people for what they are and we need to be careful not to eat the fruit of bad trees.

John 16:8

And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:

He in that verse is the Spirit of Truth, the Holy Spirit and if we judge for ourselves then we have stopped following the path of righteousness. Labels are only useful in avoiding the fruit of bad trees. Judgment does not change the label.

Listen to the Word of the Lord.

Matthew 13:30

Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

Matthew 13:40

As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.

We are not reapers, we are sowers.

• Psalm 119:1
  Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet
  Aleph
  Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord!
• Psalm 119:105
  Nun
  Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

It took 104 verses to get to the point. The assigned title for Psalm 119 is “Your Word is a Lamp to My Feet”. The editors of the ESV added that title as they deemed it to be so important that they stated it right up front. That is an editor’s choice.

The editors for the NASB chose “Meditations and Prayers Relating to the Law of God“ as their title, deeming meditation and prayers as the most important.

The NRSVA chose “The Glories of God’s Law”,

The ISV chose “Living in the Law of God”.

Many revisionists chose not to add titles to Psalm 119. This indicates that revisionists have influence in our bible studies. Many of us chose one version to read as our primary study bible for our own personal reasons. I chose to write in the ESV because it is free of copyright and is a modern language unlike the archaic KJV.

What is written in my heart is the KJV, my first and most read version of the bible.

What if we draw the conclusion that if it takes 104 verses to come to the point of this Psalm, then like “Cliffsnotes” we do not have to read all that is written to understand what is important?

Summaries should come only after a thorough study of all of the subject matter. The revisionists do not all agree on what is important. So what is important?

All of it is important because the Holy Spirit will use what has been written to remind us of a verse at a time when that verse holds the meaning we need in the moment.

How do I know that? The bible tells me so. The whole bible and not just my “favorite verses”.

We all have favorite revisions and favorite verses because that makes reading His Word pleasing and encourages us to read more. The Bible is the “Good Book” but it is more than just a good read. It is the truth we need to hear when we need to hear it to serve God’s will. That might be a next step or it might be a correction. We will never know which of those it might be if we only know what others have told us is important.