MANNAFEST

Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.

KJV

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ASV

Let mine adversaries be clothed with dishonor, And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

WEB

May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.

YLT

Mine accusers put on blushing, and are covered, As an upper robe is their shame.

DBT

Let mine adversaries be clothed with confusion, and let them cover themselves with their shame as with a mantle.

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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