For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsFor the needy shall not alway be forgotten, Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.
For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.
For the needy one shall not be forgotten alway; the hope of the meek shall not perish for ever.
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.