He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsHe hath sent redemption unto his people; He hath commanded his covenant for ever: Holy and reverend is his name.
He has sent redemption to His people; He has ordained His covenant forever; holy and awesome is His name.
Redemption He hath sent to His people, He hath appointed to the age His covenant, Holy and fearful is His name.
He sent deliverance unto his people; he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and terrible is his name.
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.