# Psalms 119.39
**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95
## Immediate context (±2 verses)
**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 37. Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy ways. 38. Confirm unto thy servant thy word, Which is in order unto the fear of thee.
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> **39. Turn away my reproach whereof I am afraid; For thine ordinances are good.**
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> 40. Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness. 41. VAV. Let thy lovingkindnesses also come unto me, O Jehovah, Even thy salvation, according to thy word. (Psalms 119:37-41, ASV)
**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 37. Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways. 38. Fulfill your promise to your servant, that you may be feared.
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> **39. Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good.**
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> 40. Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness. WAW 41. Let your loving kindness also come to me, Yahweh, your salvation, according to your word. (Psalms 119:37-41, WEB)
**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 37. Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way. Turn: Heb. Make to pass 38. Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.
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> **39. Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.**
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> 40. Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness. 41. VAU. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word. (Psalms 119:37-41, KJV)
**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 37. Remove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me. 38. Establish to Thy servant Thy saying, That [is] concerning Thy fear.
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> **39. Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Thy judgments [are] good.**
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> 40. Lo, I have longed for Thy precepts, In Thy righteousness quicken Thou me, 41. [Waw.] And meet me doth Thy kindness, O Jehovah, Thy salvation according to Thy saying. (Psalms 119:37-41, 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:**
- [H2896 - tov](/codex/h2896-tov/)
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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.