MANNAFEST

My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.

KJV

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4 additional translations
WEB

My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.

YLT

My shield is on God, Saviour of the upright in heart!

ASV

My shield is with God, Who saveth the upright in heart.

DBT

My shield is withGod, who saveth the upright in heart.

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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