MANNAFEST

I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

KJV

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ASV

Look onmy right hand, and see; For there is no man that knoweth me: Refuge hath failed me; No man careth for my soul.

WEB

Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.

YLT

Looking on the right hand--and seeing, And I have none recognizing; Perished hath refuge from me, There is none inquiring for my soul.

DBT

Look on the right hand and see; there is no man that knoweth me: refuge hath failed me; no man careth for my soul.

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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