MANNAFEST

Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

KJV

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4 additional translations
ASV

Be glad in Jehovah, and rejoice, ye righteous; And shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

WEB

Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, O righteous ones; shout for joy, all you upright in heart.

YLT

Be glad in Jehovah, and rejoice, ye righteous, And sing, all ye upright of heart!

DBT

Rejoice in Jehovah, and be glad, ye righteous; and shout for joy, all ye upright in heart.

About this book

Old Testament

PsalmsThe 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.

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