Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsWhoso is wise will give heed to these things; And they will consider the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah.
Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD.
Who is wise, and observeth these? They understand the kind acts of Jehovah!
Whoso is wise, let him observe these things, and let them understand the loving-kindnesses of Jehovah.
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.