# Psalms 119.174 **Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 172. Let my tongue sing of thy word; For all thy commandments are righteousness. 173. Let thy hand be ready to help me; For I have chosen thy precepts. > > **174. I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah; And thy law is my delight.** > > 175. Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; And let thine ordinances help me. 176. I have gone astray like a lost sheep; Seek thy servant; For I do not forget thy commandments. (Psalms 119:172-176, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 172. Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments are righteousness. 173. Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts. > > **174. I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh. Your law is my delight.** > > 175. Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances help me. 176. I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments. (Psalms 119:172-176, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 172. My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness. 173. Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts. > > **174. I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.** > > 175. Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me. 176. I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments. (Psalms 119:172-176, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 172. My tongue doth sing of Thy saying, For all Thy commands [are] righteous. 173. Thy hand is for a help to me, For Thy commands I have chosen. > > **174. I have longed for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy law [is] my delight.** > > 175. My soul liveth, and it doth praise Thee, And Thy judgments do help me. 176. I wandered as a lost sheep, seek Thy servant, For Thy precepts I have not forgotten! (Psalms 119:172-176, 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.