God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
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4 additional translationsGod looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, That did seek after God.
God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
God from the heavens looked on the sons of men, To see if there be an understanding one, One seeking God.
God looked down from the heavens upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seekGod.
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.