Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThou hast set our iniquities before thee, Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, Our hidden things at the light of Thy face,
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret [sins] in the light of thy countenance.
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.