MANNAFEST

The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.

KJV

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ASV

The proud have digged pits for me, Who are not according to thy law.

WEB

The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.

YLT

The proud have digged for me pits, That are not according to Thy law.

DBT

The proud have digged pits for me, which is not according to thy law.

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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