Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsBe glad in Jehovah, and rejoice, ye righteous; And shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, O righteous ones; shout for joy, all you upright in heart.
Be glad in Jehovah, and rejoice, ye righteous, And sing, all ye upright of heart!
Rejoice in Jehovah, and be glad, ye righteous; and shout for joy, all ye upright in heart.
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.