For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsFor mine enemies speak concerning me; And they that watch for my soul take counsel together,
For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,
For mine enemies have spoken against me, And those watching my soul have taken counsel together,
For mine enemies speak against me, and they that watch for my soul consult together,
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.