Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsFor Jehovah hath built up Zion; He hath appeared in his glory.
For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.
For Jehovah hath builded Zion, He hath been seen in His honour,
When Jehovah shall build up Zion, he will appear in his glory.
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.