His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsHis breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.
When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.
His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, In that day have his thoughts perished.
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his purposes perish.
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.