An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAn evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him; And now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
“A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”
A thing of Belial is poured out on him, And because he lay down he riseth not again.
A thing of Belial cleaveth fast unto him; and now that he is laid down, he will rise up no more.
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.