For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsFor Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked shall perish.
For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
For Jehovah is knowing the way of the righteous, And the way of the wicked is lost!
For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentPsalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.
- Author
- David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
- Date
- Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.