# Psalms 119.151 **Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 149. Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thine ordinances. 150. They draw nigh that follow after wickedness; They are far from thy law. > > **151. Thou art nigh, O Jehovah; And all thy commandments are truth.** > > 152. Of old have I known from thy testimonies, That thou hast founded them for ever. 153. RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me; For I do not forget thy law. (Psalms 119:149-153, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 149. Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your ordinances. 150. They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law. > > **151. You are near, Yahweh. All your commandments are truth.** > > 152. Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever. RESH 153. Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don’t forget your law. (Psalms 119:149-153, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 149. Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment. 150. They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law. > > **151. Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.** > > 152. Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever. 153. RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law. (Psalms 119:149-153, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 149. My voice hear, according to Thy kindness, Jehovah, according to Thy judgment quicken me. 150. Near have been my wicked pursuers, From Thy law they have been far off. > > **151. Near [art] Thou, O Jehovah, And all Thy commands [are] truth.** > > 152. Of old I have known Thy testimonies, That to the age Thou hast founded them! 153. [Resh.] See my affliction, and deliver Thou me, For Thy law I have not forgotten. (Psalms 119:149-153, 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 **Lexicon:** - [H0571 - emet](/codex/h0571-emet/) --- _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.