# Psalms 119.68 **Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 66. Teach me good judgment and knowledge; For I have believed in thy commandments. 67. Before I was afflicted I went astray; But now I observe thy word. > > **68. Thou art good, and doest good; Teach me thy statutes.** > > 69. The proud have forged a lie against me: With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts. 70. Their heart is as fat as grease; But I delight in thy law. (Psalms 119:66-70, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 66. Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments. 67. Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word. > > **68. You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes.** > > 69. The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts. 70. Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your law. (Psalms 119:66-70, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 66. Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments. 67. Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. > > **68. Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.** > > 69. The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart. 70. Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law. (Psalms 119:66-70, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 66. The goodness of reason and knowledge teach me, For in Thy commands I have believed. 67. Before I am afflicted, I, I am erring, And now Thy saying I have kept. > > **68. Good Thou [art], and doing good, Teach me Thy statutes.** > > 69. Forged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts. 70. Insensate as fat hath been their heart, I, in Thy law I have delighted. (Psalms 119:66-70, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** various (David majority; Asaph, Korah, Moses, Solomon, anonymous) - **Audience:** worshipping Israel (corporate + individual devotion) - **Location:** Israel, various periods - **Time period:** composition spans c. 1400 BC (Moses, Ps 90), c. 400 BC; principal Davidic composition c. 1000 BC ## Theological reading ## Key words - [H2896 - tov](/codex/h2896-tov/), *tov* (Strong's H2896). Also appears in: [Genesis 1.14-19](/codex/genesis-1-14-19/), [Genesis 1.21](/codex/genesis-1-21/), [Genesis 1.24-28](/codex/genesis-1-24-28/). ## 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. ## Quoted in **Lexicon:** - [H2896 - tov](/codex/h2896-tov/)