# Psalms 139.23 **Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 21. Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? 22. I hate them with perfect hatred: They are become mine enemies. > > **23. Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts;** > > 24. And see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting. (Psalms 139:21-24, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 21. Yahweh, don’t I hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you? 22. I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies. > > **23. Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.** > > 24. See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way. (Psalms 139:21-24, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 21. Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? 22. I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. > > **23. Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:** > > 24. And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. wicked: Heb. way of pain, or, grief (Psalms 139:21-24, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 21. Do not I hate, Jehovah, those hating Thee? And with Thy withstanders grieve myself? 22. [With] perfect hatred I have hated them, Enemies they have become to me. > > **23. Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and know my thoughts,** > > 24. And see if a grievous way be in me, And lead me in a way age-during! (Psalms 139:21-24, 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 **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Argument from the Demand to Be Witnessed](/codex/argument-from-the-demand-to-be-witnessed/) **Lexicon:** - [H3045 - yada](/codex/h3045-yada/) - [H3824 - lebab](/codex/h3824-lebab/) --- _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.