# Psalms 119.165 **Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 163. I hate and abhor falsehood; But thy law do I love. 164. Seven times a day do I praise thee, Because of thy righteous ordinances. > > **165. Great peace have they that love thy law; And they have no occasion of stumbling.** > > 166. I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah, And have done thy commandments. 167. My soul hath observed thy testimonies; And I love them exceedingly. (Psalms 119:163-167, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 163. I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law. 164. Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances. > > **165. Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.** > > 166. I have hoped for your salvation, Yahweh. I have done your commandments. 167. My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly. (Psalms 119:163-167, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 163. I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love. 164. Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. > > **165. Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. nothing: Heb. they shall have no stumblingblock** > > 166. LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments. 167. My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. (Psalms 119:163-167, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 163. Falsehood I have hated, yea I abominate [it], Thy law I have loved. 164. Seven [times] in a day I have praised Thee, Because of the judgments of Thy righteousness. > > **165. Abundant peace have those loving Thy law, And they have no stumbling-block.** > > 166. I have waited for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy commands I have done. 167. Kept hath my soul Thy testimonies, And I do love them exceedingly. (Psalms 119:163-167, 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:** - [H8451 - torah](/codex/h8451-torah/) --- _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.