MANNAFEST

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

KJV

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4 additional translations
ASV

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in lovingkindness unto all them that call upon thee.

WEB

For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.

YLT

For Thou, Lord, art good and forgiving. And abundant in kindness to all calling Thee.

DBT

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, and art of great loving-kindness unto all that call upon thee.

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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