For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsFor he is our God, And we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To-day, oh that ye would hear his voice!
For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,
For He is our God, and we the people of His pasture, And the flock of His hand, To-day, if to His voice ye hearken,
For he is ourGod; and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. To-day if ye hear his voice,
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.