Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsEgypt was glad when they departed; For the fear of them had fallen upon them.
Egypt was glad when they departed, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them.
Rejoiced hath Egypt in their going forth, For their fear had fallen upon them.
Egypt rejoiced at their departure; for the fear of them had fallen upon them.
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.