Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsRighteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne: Lovingkindness and truth go before thy face.
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
Righteousness and judgment Are the fixed place of Thy throne, Kindness and truth go before Thy face.
Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne; loving-kindness and truth go before thy face.
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.