It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThou art he that giveth salvation unto kings; Who rescueth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword.
Who is giving deliverance to kings, Who is freeing David His servant from the sword of evil.
Who givest salvation unto kings; who rescuest David thy servant from the hurtful sword.
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.