Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsOh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men.
Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men;
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.