Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
To him that smote great kings; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever;
WEB
He struck down great kings His loving devotion endures forever.
YLT
To Him smiting great kings, For to the age is His kindness.
DBT
To him that smote great kings, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever,
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.