Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThou wilt arise, and have mercy upon Zion; For it is time to have pity upon her, Yea, the set time is come.
You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor— the appointed time has come.
Thou--Thou risest--Thou pitiest Zion, For the time to favour her, For the appointed time hath come.
Thou wilt rise up, thou wilt have mercy upon Zion: for it is the time to be gracious to her, for the set time is come.
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.