For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsFor, lo, thine enemies make a tumult; And they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.
For, lo, Thine enemies do roar, And those hating Thee have lifted up the head,
For behold, thine enemies make a tumult; and they that hate thee lift up the head.
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.