For the Lord will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants.
KJV
Parallel translations
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
For Jehovah will judge his people, And repent himself concerning his servants.
WEB
For the LORD will vindicate His people and will have compassion on His servants.
YLT
For Jehovah doth judge His people, And for His servants comforteth Himself.
DBT
For Jehovah will judge his people, and will repent in favour of his servants.
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.