# Psalms 119.130
**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT
## Immediate context (±2 verses)
**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 128. Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; And I hate every false way. 129. PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; Therefore doth my soul keep them.
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> **130. The opening of thy words giveth light; It giveth understanding unto the simple.**
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> 131. I opened wide my mouth, and panted; For I longed for thy commandments. 132. Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me, As thou usest to do unto those that love thy name. (Psalms 119:128-132, ASV)
**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 128. Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way. PEY 129. Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them.
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> **130. The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.**
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> 131. I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments. 132. Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name. (Psalms 119:128-132, WEB)
**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 128. Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way. 129. PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
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> **130. The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.**
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> 131. I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments. 132. Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name. as thou: Heb. according to the custom toward those, etc (Psalms 119:128-132, KJV)
**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 128. Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, Every path of falsehood I have hated! 129. [Pe.] Wonderful [are] Thy testimonies, Therefore hath my soul kept them.
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> **130. The opening of Thy words enlighteneth, Instructing the simple.**
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> 131. My mouth I have opened, yea, I pant, For, for Thy commands I have longed. 132. Look unto me, and favour me, As customary to those loving Thy name. (Psalms 119:128-132, 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 Confusion](/codex/spirit-of-confusion/)