# Psalms 119.105
**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT
## Immediate context (±2 verses)
**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 103. How sweet are thy words unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! 104. Through thy precepts I get understanding: Therefore I hate every false way.
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> **105. NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path.**
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> 106. I have sworn, and have confirmed it, That I will observe thy righteous ordinances. 107. I am afflicted very much: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according unto thy word. (Psalms 119:103-107, ASV)
**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 103. How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth! 104. Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. NUN
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> **105. Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.**
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> 106. I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances. 107. I am afflicted very much. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your word. (Psalms 119:103-107, WEB)
**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 103. How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! taste: Heb. palate 104. Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
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> **105. NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. lamp: or, candle**
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> 106. I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments. 107. I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word. (Psalms 119:103-107, KJV)
**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 103. How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth. 104. From Thy precepts I have understanding, Therefore I have hated every false path!
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> **105. [Nun.] A lamp to my foot [is] Thy word, And a light to my path.**
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> 106. I have sworn, and I confirm [it], To keep the judgments of Thy righteousness. 107. I have been afflicted very much, O Jehovah, quicken me, according to Thy word. (Psalms 119:103-107, YLT)
## Setting
- **Speaker:** various (David majority; Asaph, Korah, Moses, Solomon, anonymous)
- **Audience:** worshipping Israel (corporate + individual devotion)
- **Location:** Israel, various periods
- **Time period:** composition spans c. 1400 BC (Moses, Ps 90), c. 400 BC; principal Davidic composition c. 1000 BC
## Theological reading
## Key words
- [H1697 - dabar](/codex/h1697-dabar/), *dabar* (Strong's H1697). Also appears in: [Genesis 11](/codex/genesis-11/), [Genesis 12](/codex/genesis-12/), [Genesis 15.1](/codex/genesis-15-1/).
## 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.
## Quoted in
**Concepts:**
- [Spirit of Deception](/codex/spirit-of-deception/)
**Lexicon:**
- [H8451 - torah](/codex/h8451-torah/)