The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsJehovah looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, That did seek after God.
The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
Jehovah from the heavens Hath looked on the sons of men, To see if there is a wise one--seeking God.
Jehovah looked down from the heavens upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seekGod.
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.