How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsHow precious is thy lovingkindness, O God! And the children of men take refuge under the shadow of thy wings.
How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!
How precious is Thy kindness, O God, And the sons of men In the shadow of Thy wings do trust.
How precious is thy loving-kindness, OGod! So the sons of men take refuge under the shadow of thy wings.
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.