When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsFor he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the poor.
For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
For He who is seeking for blood Them hath remembered, He hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.
For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them; the cry of the afflicted ones hath he not forgotten.
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.