Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; For they are ever with me.
Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.
Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it is before me to the age.
Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; for they are ever with me.
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.