Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsBehold, the eye of Jehovah is upon them that fear him, Upon them that hope in his lovingkindness;
Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion
Lo, the eye of Jehovah is to those fearing Him, To those waiting for His kindness,
Behold, the eye of Jehovah is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his loving-kindness,
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.