MANNAFEST

Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?

KJV

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ASV

Why hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it?

WEB

Why have You broken down its walls, so that all who pass by pick its fruit?

YLT

Why hast Thou broken down its hedges, And all passing by the way have plucked it?

DBT

Why hast thou broken down its fences, so that all who pass by the way do pluck it?

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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