It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsIt is a good thing to give thanks unto Jehovah, And to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High;
It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High,
A Psalm. --A Song for the sabbath-day. Good to give thanks to Jehovah, And to sing praises to Thy name, O Most High,
It is good to give thanks unto Jehovah, and to sing psalms unto thy name, O Most High;
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.