The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying,
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThe kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Jehovah, and against his anointed, saying,
The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:
Station themselves do kings of the earth, And princes have been united together, Against Jehovah, and against His Messiah:
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the princes plot together, against Jehovah and against his anointed:
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.