# Psalms 55.19

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

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 17. Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan; And he will hear my voice. 18. He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me; For they were many that strove with me.
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> **19. God will hear, and answer them, Even he that abideth of old, Selah The men who have no changes, And who fear not God.**
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> 20. He hath put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him: He hath profaned his covenant. 21. His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords. (Psalms 55:17-21, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 17. Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice. 18. He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, although there are many who oppose me.
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> **19. God, who is enthroned forever, will hear, and answer them. <i>Selah.</i> They never change, who don’t fear God.**
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> 20. He raises his hands against his friends. He has violated his covenant. 21. His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords. (Psalms 55:17-21, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 17. Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice. 18. He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.
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> **19. God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God. <sup>Because: or, With whom also there be no changes, yet they</sup>**
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> 20. He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant. <sup>broken: Heb. profaned</sup> 21. The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords. (Psalms 55:17-21, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 17. Evening, and morning, and noon, I meditate, and make a noise, and He heareth my voice, 18. He hath ransomed in peace my soul From him who is near to me, For with the multitude they were with me.
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> **19. God doth hear and afflict them, And He sitteth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, and fear not God,**
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> 20. He hath sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, He hath polluted his covenant. 21. Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart [is] war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they [are] drawn [swords]. (Psalms 55:17-21, 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._

- None of the words in this verse has its own lexicon entry yet.

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## Quoted in

**Lexicon:**

- [G0465 - antallagma](/codex/g0465-antallagma/)

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## Notes

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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.