MANNAFEST

They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

KJV

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ASV

They know not, neither do they understand; They walk to and fro in darkness: All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

WEB

They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

YLT

They knew not, nor do they understand, In darkness they walk habitually, Moved are all the foundations of earth.

DBT

They know not, neither do they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are moved.

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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