O give thanks unto the Lord; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsOh give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; Make known among the peoples his doings.
Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.
Give ye thanks to Jehovah--call ye in His name, Make known among the peoples His acts.
Give ye thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; make known his acts among the peoples.
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.