MANNAFEST

They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

KJV

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4 additional translations
ASV

They reward me evil for good, Tothe bereaving of my soul.

WEB

They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.

YLT

They pay me evil for good, bereaving my soul,

DBT

They reward me evil for good, [to] the bereavement of my soul.

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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