# Psalms 119.156 **Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 154. Plead thou my cause, and redeem me: Quicken me according to thy word. 155. Salvation is far from the wicked; For they seek not thy statutes. > > **156. Great are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah: Quicken me according to thine ordinances.** > > 157. Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; Yet have I not swerved from thy testimonies. 158. I beheld the treacherous, and was grieved, Because they observe not thy word. (Psalms 119:154-158, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 154. Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise. 155. Salvation is far from the wicked, for they don’t seek your statutes. > > **156. Great are your tender mercies, Yahweh. Revive me according to your ordinances.** > > 157. Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven’t swerved from your testimonies. 158. I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don’t observe your word. (Psalms 119:154-158, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 154. Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word. 155. Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes. > > **156. Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments. Great: or, Many** > > 157. Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies. 158. I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word. (Psalms 119:154-158, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 154. Plead my plea, and redeem me, According to Thy saying quicken me. 155. Far from the wicked [is] salvation, For Thy statutes they have not sought. > > **156. Thy mercies [are] many, O Jehovah, According to Thy judgments quicken me.** > > 157. Many [are] my pursuers, and adversaries, From Thy testimonies I have not turned aside. 158. I have seen treacherous ones, And grieve myself, Because Thy saying they have not kept. (Psalms 119:154-158, 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:** - [H4941 - mishpat](/codex/h4941-mishpat/) --- _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.