The Lord reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsJehovah reigneth; let the peoples tremble: He sitteth above the cherubim; let the earth be moved.
The LORD reigns; let the nations tremble! He is enthroned above the cherubim; let the earth quake!
Jehovah hath reigned, peoples tremble, The Inhabitant of the cherubs, the earth shaketh.
Jehovah reigneth: let the peoples tremble. He sitteth [between the] cherubim: let the earth be moved.
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.