Passage

Psalms 31.5

Book: Psalms · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"3. For thou art my rock and my fortress; Therefore for thy name's sake lead me and guide me. 4. Pluck me out of the net that they have laid privily for me; For thou art my stronghold."

"5. Into thy hand I commend my spirit: Thou hast redeemed me, O Jehovah, thou God of truth."

"6. I hate them that regard lying vanities; But I trust in Jehovah. 7. I will be glad and rejoice in thy lovingkindness; For thou hast seen my affliction: Thou hast known my soul in adversities;" (Psalms 31:3-7, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"3. For you are my rock and my fortress, therefore for your name’s sake lead me and guide me. 4. Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for you are my stronghold."

"5. Into your hand I commend my spirit. You redeem me, Yahweh, God of truth."

"6. I hate those who regard lying vanities, but I trust in Yahweh. 7. I will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness, for you have seen my affliction. You have known my soul in adversities." (Psalms 31:3-7, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"3. For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me. 4. Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength."

"5. Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth."

"6. I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD. 7. I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;" (Psalms 31:3-7, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"3. For my rock and my bulwark [art] Thou, For Thy name's sake lead me and tend me. 4. Bring me out from the net that they hid for me, For Thou [art] my strength."

"5. Into Thy hand I commit my spirit, Thou hast redeemed me, Jehovah God of truth."

"6. I have hated the observers of lying vanities, And I toward Jehovah have been confident. 7. I rejoice, and am glad in Thy kindness, In that Thou hast seen mine affliction, Thou hast known in adversities my soul." (Psalms 31:3-7, 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

H0410 - el

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 (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
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.

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