MANNAFEST

I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.

KJV

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ASV

I have chosen the way of faithfulness: Thine ordinances have I set before me.

WEB

I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.

YLT

The way of faithfulness I have chosen, Thy judgments I have compared,

DBT

I have chosen the way of faithfulness; thy judgments have I set [before me].

About this book

Old Testament

PsalmsThe 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.

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