God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsGod will hear, and answer them, Even he that abideth of old, [Selah The menwho have no changes, And who fear not God.
God will hear and humiliate them— the One enthroned for the ages— Selah because they do not change and they have no fear of God.
God doth hear and afflict them, And He sitteth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, and fear not God,
God will hear, and afflict them: he that is seated of old, (Selah) ...because there is no change in them, and they fear notGod.
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.