Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsLet them praise the name of Jehovah; For his name alone is exalted; His glory is above the earth and the heavens.
Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and the heavens.
They praise the name of Jehovah, For His name alone hath been set on high, His honour is above earth and heavens.
Let them praise the name of Jehovah: for his name alone is exalted; his majesty is above the earth and the heavens.
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.