Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: So shall I meditate on thy wondrous works.
WEB
Make clear to me the way of Your precepts; then I will meditate on Your wonders.
YLT
The way of Thy precepts cause me to understand, And I meditate in Thy wonders.
DBT
Make me to understand the way of thy precepts, and I will meditate upon thy wondrous works.
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.