For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsFor God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; And they shall abide there, and have it in possession.
For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it.
For God doth save Zion, And doth build the cities of Judah, And they have dwelt there, and possess it.
ForGod will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah; and they shall dwell there, and possess it:
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.