MANNAFEST

For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.

KJV

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ASV

For great is thy lovingkindness toward me; And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

WEB

For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.

YLT

For Thy kindness is great toward me, And Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

DBT

For great is thy loving-kindness toward me, and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

About this book

Old Testament

PsalmsThe 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.

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