Because they regard not the works of the Lord, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsBecause they regard not the works of Jehovah, Nor the operation of his hands, He will break them down and not build them up.
Since they show no regard for the works of the LORD or what His hands have done, He will tear them down and never rebuild them.
For they regard not the deeds of Jehovah, nor the work of his hands: he will destroy them, and not build them up.
For they attend not to the doing of Jehovah, And unto the work of His hands. He throweth them down, And doth not build them up.
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.