The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsJehovah hath sworn, and will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.
The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
Jehovah hath sworn, and doth not repent, `Thou art a priest to the age, According to the order of Melchizedek.'
Jehovah hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art priest for ever after the order of Melchisedek.
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.