For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsFor evil-doers shall be cut off; But those that wait for Jehovah, they shall inherit the land.
For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.
For evil doers are cut off, As to those waiting on Jehovah, they possess the land.
For evil-doers shall be cut off; but those that wait on Jehovah, they shall possess the land.
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.