# Psalms 105.15 **Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 13. And they went about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people. 14. He suffered no man to do them wrong; Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes, > > **15. Saying, Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm.** > > 16. And he called for a famine upon the land; He brake the whole staff of bread. 17. He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant: (Psalms 105:13-17, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 13. They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people. 14. He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes, > > **15. “Don’t touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!”** > > 16. He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies. 17. He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave. (Psalms 105:13-17, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 13. When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people; 14. He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; > > **15. Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.** > > 16. Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread. 17. He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant: (Psalms 105:13-17, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 13. And they go up and down, from nation unto nation, From a kingdom unto another people. 14. He hath not suffered any to oppress them And He reproveth for their sakes kings. > > **15. 'Strike not against Mine anointed, And to My prophets do not evil.'** > > 16. And He calleth a famine on the land, The whole staff of bread He hath broken. 17. He hath sent before them a man, For a servant hath Joseph been sold. (Psalms 105:13-17, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Lexicon:** - [H4899 - mashiach](/codex/h4899-mashiach/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.