# Psalms 119.142

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**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 140. Thy word is very pure; Therefore thy servant loveth it. 141. I am small and despised; Yet do I not forget thy precepts.
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> **142. Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth.**
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> 143. Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; Yet thy commandments are my delight. 144. Thy testimonies are righteous for ever: Give me understanding, and I shall live. (Psalms 119:140-144, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 140. Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them. 141. I am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts.
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> **142. Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth.**
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> 143. Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight. 144. Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. <b>KUF </b> (Psalms 119:140-144, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 140. Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. <sup>pure: Heb. tried, or, refined</sup> 141. I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
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> **142. Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.**
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> 143. Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights. <sup>taken: Heb. found me</sup> 144. The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live. (Psalms 119:140-144, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 140. Tried [is] thy saying exceedingly, And Thy servant hath loved it. 141. Small I [am], and despised, Thy precepts I have not forgotten.
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> **142. Thy righteousness [is] righteousness to the age, And Thy law [is] truth.**
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> 143. Adversity and distress have found me, Thy commands [are] my delights. 144. The righteousness of Thy testimonies [is] to Cause me to understand, and I live! (Psalms 119:140-144, YLT)

## Setting

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## 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._

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## Quoted in

**Lexicon:**

- [H0571 - emet](/codex/h0571-emet/)
- [H6664 - tzedeq](/codex/h6664-tzedeq/), via [Psalms 119.137-144](/codex/psalms-119-137-144/)

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## 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.