MANNAFEST

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

KJV

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ASV

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off.

WEB

My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.

YLT

My lovers and my friends over-against my plague stand. And my neighbours afar off have stood.

DBT

My lovers and mine associates stand aloof from my stroke; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

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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