The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThe haters of Jehovah should submit themselves unto him: But their time should endure for ever.
Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.
Those hating Jehovah feign obedience to Him, But their time is--to the age.
The haters of Jehovah would have come cringing unto him; but their time would have been for ever.
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.