They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
They cried, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.
WEB
They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but He did not answer.
YLT
They cry, and there is no saviour, On Jehovah, and He doth not answer them.
DBT
They cried, and there was none to save; — unto Jehovah, and he answered them not.
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.