MANNAFEST

I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

KJV

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ASV

I have been young, and now am old; Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread.

WEB

I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.

YLT

Young I have been, I have also become old, And I have not seen the righteous forsaken, And his seed seeking bread.

DBT

I have been young, and now am old, and I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread:

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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