Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAs for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the violent.
As for the deeds of men— by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
As to doings of man, Through a word of Thy lips I have observed The paths of a destroyer;
Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept from the paths of the violent [man].
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.