Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsWhen the Almighty scattered kings therein, It was as whenit snoweth in Zalmon.
When the Almighty scattered the kings in the land, it was like the snow falling on Zalmon.
When the Mighty spreadeth kings in it, It doth snow in Salmon.
When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it became snow-white as Zalmon.
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.