MANNAFEST

That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

KJV

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ASV

That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit be digged for the wicked.

WEB

to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.

YLT

To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked.

DBT

That thou mayest give him rest from the days of evil, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

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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