Passage

Psalms 119.105

Book: Psalms · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (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.

105. NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path.

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)

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

105. Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

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)

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.

105. NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. ^{lamp: or, candle}

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)

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!

105. [Nun.] A lamp to my foot [is] Thy word, And a light to my path.

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)

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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, dabar (Strong's H1697). Also appears in: Genesis 11, Genesis 12, 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 (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
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.

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Quoted in

Concepts:

Spirit of Deception

Lexicon:

H8451 - torah