When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsWhen I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
For I see Thy heavens, a work of Thy fingers, Moon and stars that Thou didst establish.
When I see thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and stars, which thou hast established;
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.