MANNAFEST

For thy servant David’s sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.

KJV

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ASV

For thy servant David’s sake Turn not away the face of thine anointed.

WEB

For the sake of Your servant David, do not reject Your anointed one.

YLT

For the sake of David Thy servant, Turn not back the face of Thine anointed.

DBT

For thy servant David's sake, turn not away the face of thine anointed.

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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