MANNAFEST

Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.

KJV

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ASV

Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me; Try my heart and my mind.

WEB

Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.

YLT

Try me, O Jehovah, and prove me, Purified are my reins and my heart.

DBT

Prove me, Jehovah, and test me; try my reins and my heart:

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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