# Psalms 119.97
**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95
## Immediate context (±2 verses)
**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 95. The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me; But I will consider thy testimonies. 96. I have seen an end of all perfection; But thy commandment is exceeding broad.
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> **97. MEM. Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.**
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> 98. Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; For they are ever with me. 99. I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thy testimonies are my meditation. (Psalms 119:95-99, ASV)
**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 95. The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes. 96. I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless. MEM
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> **97. How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.**
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> 98. Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me. 99. I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation. (Psalms 119:95-99, WEB)
**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 95. The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies. 96. I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.
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> **97. MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.**
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> 98. Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. they: Heb. it is ever with me 99. I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. (Psalms 119:95-99, KJV)
**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 95. Thy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand. 96. Of all perfection I have seen an end, Broad [is] Thy command, exceedingly!
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> **97. [Mem.] O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it [is] my meditation.**
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> 98. Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it [is] before me to the age. 99. Above all my teachers I have acted wisely. For Thy testimonies [are] my meditation. (Psalms 119:95-99, 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:**
- [H8451 - torah](/codex/h8451-torah/)
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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.