Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
From the wicked that oppress me, My deadly enemies, that compass me about.
WEB
from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.
YLT
From the face of the wicked who spoiled me. Mine enemies in soul go round against me.
DBT
From the wicked that destroy me, my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
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.