Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the name of the Lord; praise him, O ye servants of the Lord.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Praise ye Jehovah. Praise ye the name of Jehovah; Praisehim, O ye servants of Jehovah,
WEB
Hallelujah! Praise the name of the LORD. Give praise, O servants of the LORD,
YLT
Praise ye Jah! Praise ye the name of Jehovah, Praise, ye servants of Jehovah,
DBT
Hallelujah! Praise the name of Jehovah; praise, ye servants of Jehovah,
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.