He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsHe hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me; For they were many that strove with me.
He redeems my soul in peace from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me.
He hath ransomed in peace my soul From him who is near to me, For with the multitude they were with me.
He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle against me: for there were many about 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.