MANNAFEST

Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his refuge.

KJV

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ASV

Ye put to shame the counsel of the poor, Because Jehovah is his refuge.

WEB

You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.

YLT

The counsel of the poor ye cause to stink, Because Jehovah is his refuge.

DBT

Ye have shamed the counsel of the afflicted, because Jehovah [was] his refuge.

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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