Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThough a host should encamp against me, My heart shall not fear: Though war should rise against me, Even then will I be confident.
Though an army encamps around me, my heart will not fear; though a war breaks out against me, I will keep my trust.
Though a host doth encamp against me, My heart doth not fear, Though war riseth up against me, In this I am confident.
If a host encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; if war rise against me, in this will I be confident.
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.