MANNAFEST

Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.

KJV

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ASV

Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For Jehovah upholdeth him with his hand.

WEB

Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.

YLT

When he falleth, he is not cast down, For Jehovah is sustaining his hand.

DBT

though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down, for Jehovah upholdeth his hand.

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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