The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThe counsel of Jehovah standeth fast for ever, The thoughts of his heart to all generations.
The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations.
The counsel of Jehovah to the age standeth, The thoughts of His heart to all generations.
The counsel of Jehovah standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation.
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.