When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsTheir judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock; And they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.
Their judges have been released by the sides of a rock, And they have heard my sayings, For they have been pleasant.
When their judges are thrown down from the rocks, they shall hear my words, for they are sweet.
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.