But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsBut God will smite through the head of his enemies, The hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his guiltiness.
Surely God will crush the heads of His enemies, the hairy crowns of those who persist in guilty ways.
Only--God doth smite The head of His enemies, The hairy crown of a habitual walker in his guilt.
VerilyGod will smite the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of him that goeth on still in his trespasses.
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.