# Psalms 119.91

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**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 89. LAMEDH. For ever, O Jehovah, Thy word is settled in heaven. 90. Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
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> **91. They abide this day according to thine ordinances; For all things are thy servants.**
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> 92. Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction. 93. I will never forget thy precepts; For with them thou hast quickened me. (Psalms 119:89-93, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 89. Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven forever. 90. Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains.
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> **91. Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve you.**
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> 92. Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction. 93. I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me. (Psalms 119:89-93, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 89. LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. 90. Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. <sup>unto: Heb. to generation and generation</sup> <sup>abideth: Heb. standeth</sup>
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> **91. They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.**
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> 92. Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction. 93. I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me. (Psalms 119:89-93, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 89. [Lamed.] To the age, O Jehovah, Thy word is set up in the heavens. 90. To all generations Thy faithfulness, Thou didst establish earth, and it standeth.
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> **91. According to Thine ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole [are] Thy servants.**
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> 92. Unless Thy law [were] my delights, Then had I perished in mine affliction. 93. To the age I forget not Thy precepts, For by them Thou hast quickened me. (Psalms 119:89-93, 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

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Argument from the Continuance of Being](/codex/argument-from-the-continuance-of-being/)

**Concepts:**

- [Conservation Laws](/codex/conservation-laws/), via [Psalms 119.89-91](/codex/psalms-119-89-91/)

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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.