Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsMany sorrows shall be to the wicked; But he that trusteth in Jehovah, lovingkindness shall compass him about.
Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.
Many are the pains of the wicked; As to him who is trusting in Jehovah, Kindness doth compass him.
Many sorrows hath the wicked; but he that confideth in Jehovah, loving-kindness shall encompass him.
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.