Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, When iniquity at my heels compasseth me about?
WEB
Why should I fear in times of trouble, when wicked usurpers surround me?
YLT
Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters doth compass me.
DBT
Wherefore should I fear in the days of adversity, [when] the iniquity of my supplanters encompasseth me? —
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.