Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice
KJV
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsLet the field exult, and all that is therein; Then shall all the trees of the wood sing for joy
Let the fields exult, and all that is in them. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy
The field exulteth, and all that is in it, Then sing do all trees of the forest,
Let the field exult and all that is therein. Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy,
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.