Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,
WEB
Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
YLT
Inhabitants of dark places and death-shade, Prisoners of affliction and of iron,
DBT
Such as inhabit darkness and the shadow of death, bound in affliction and iron,
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.