There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsMany there are that say, Who will show us any good? Jehovah, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.
Many are saying, `Who doth show us good?' Lift on us the light of Thy face, O Jehovah,
Many say, Who shall cause us to see good? Lift up upon us the light of thy countenance, O Jehovah.
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.