Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:
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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsHappy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in Jehovah his God:
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
O the happiness of him Who hath the God of Jacob for his help, His hope is on Jehovah his God,
Blessed is he who hath theGod of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Jehovah hisGod,
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.