He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsHe deviseth iniquity upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil.
Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.
Iniquity he deviseth on his bed, He stationeth himself on a way not good, Evil he doth not refuse.'
He deviseth wickedness up on his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good: he abhorreth not evil.
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.