MANNAFEST

Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.

KJV

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ASV

Rejoice in Jehovah, O ye righteous: Praise is comely for the upright.

WEB

Rejoice in the LORD, O righteous ones; it is fitting for the upright to praise Him.

YLT

Sing, ye righteous, in Jehovah, For upright ones praise is comely.

DBT

Exult, ye righteous, in Jehovah: praise is comely for the upright.

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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