The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The friendship of Jehovah is with them that fear him; And he will show them his covenant.
WEB
The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.
YLT
The secret of Jehovah is for those fearing Him, And His covenant--to cause them to know.
DBT
The secret of Jehovah is with them that fear him, that he may make known his covenant to them.
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.