MANNAFEST

But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

KJV

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4 additional translations
ASV

But thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.

WEB

But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.

YLT

And Thou, O Lord, art God, merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth.

DBT

But thou, Lord, art aGod merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth.

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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