# Psalms 112.1 **Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > **1. Praise ye Jehovah. Blessed is the man that feareth Jehovah, That delighteth greatly in his commandments.** > > 2. His seed shall be mighty upon earth: The generation of the upright shall be blessed. 3. Wealth and riches are in his house; And his righteousness endureth for ever. (Psalms 112:1-3, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > **1. Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in his commandments.** > > 2. His offspring will be mighty in the land. The generation of the upright will be blessed. 3. Wealth and riches are in his house. His righteousness endures forever. (Psalms 112:1-3, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > **1. Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. Praise: Heb. Hallelujah** > > 2. His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. 3. Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever. (Psalms 112:1-3, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > **1. Praise ye Jah! O the happiness of one fearing Jehovah, In His commands he hath delighted greatly.** > > 2. Mighty in the earth is his seed, The generation of the upright is blessed. 3. Wealth and riches [are] in his house, And his righteousness is standing for ever. (Psalms 112:1-3, 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 **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Imprecatory Psalms Objection Defeater](/codex/imprecatory-psalms-objection-defeater/) --- _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.