MANNAFEST

My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

KJV

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ASV

My soul waiteth for the Lord More than watchmen wait for the morning; Yea, more thanwatchmen for the morning.

WEB

My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning— more than watchmen wait for the morning.

YLT

My soul is for the Lord, More than those watching for morning, Watching for morning!

DBT

My soul [waiteth] for the Lord more than the watchers [wait] for the morning, [more than] the watchers for the morning.

About this book

Old Testament

PsalmsThe 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.

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