MANNAFEST

Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

KJV

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ASV

Wait for Jehovah: Be strong, and let thy heart take courage; Yea, wait thou for Jehovah.

WEB

Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!

YLT

Look unto Jehovah--be strong, And He doth strengthen thy heart, Yea, look unto Jehovah!

DBT

Wait for Jehovah; be strong and let thy heart take courage: yea, wait for Jehovah.

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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