Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAlso unto thee, O Lord, belongeth lovingkindness; For thou renderest to every man according to his work.
and loving devotion to You, O Lord. For You will repay each man according to his deeds.
And with Thee, O Lord, is kindness, For Thou dost recompense to each, According to his work!
And unto thee, O Lord, [belongeth] loving-kindness; for thou renderest to every man according to his work.
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.