Author: John West MacMeekenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
History of the Scottish Metrical Psalms
Author: John West MacMeekenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
The Psalms of David, in Metre
Author: The Book of Psalms for Singing
Author: Crown and Covenant PublicationsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781884527012
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
A Short History of the Westminster Assembly
Author: William Beveridge (Minister of New Deer.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The Psalter
Author: Presbyterian Church in IrelandPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780243053209
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Excerpt from The Psalter: A Revised Edition of the Scottish Metrical Version of the Psalms With Additional Psalms-Versions; With Accompanying Tunes IN this Psalter the Scottish Metrical Version of the Psalms has been revised. The time, it was believed, had come for attempting to remove the blemishes which mar to some extent that admirable version. As it is now more than two hundred years old, several of its words and phrases, and not a few of its grammatical forms, have become antiquated; while, through the progress of Hebrew scholarship, and the labours of critical expositors, some of its renderings have been shown to be inaccurate. In the present work an attempt has been made to remove these blemishes, by emendations of those portions where there are erroneous renderings, errors of syntax, faulty rhymes, obsolete words, or want of correspondence between the rhythm of sense and the rhythm of sound. While the Old Version, out of regard for the place which it has in the memory and affections of the people, has been very tenderly dealt with, it is hoped that something has been done to make it a more faithful conveyance of the original, and a more suitable vehicle of the Church's praise. The additional psalm-versions give a little more variety of metre than is to be found in the Scottish Version. Great care has been bestowed upon the Music, both in its selection and its preparation. The Tunes, it is believed, will be found good, simple, melodious, sacred in style and associa tion, and suitable for congregational use. It is a sufficient guarantee of the excellence of the harmonies that they have been carefully revised by so eminent a musician as Sir Robert Prescott Stewart. In addition to the Tunes strictly so called, a number of Chants have been introduced. These will enable congregations to sing 'many of the Psalms entire, instead of in small portions, and therefore with a fuller understanding of their meaning, and a deeper sense of their impressiveness and beauty. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Whole Booke of Psalmes
Author: Thomas SternholdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Scottish Metrical Psalter
Author: Eremitical PressPublisher: Eremitical Press
ISBN: 098008170X
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
This is the translation approved by the Church of Scotland in 1650. All one hundred and fifty psalms are rigorously translated into rhythmic verses that are easy to sing and set to music. The beauty of 1650 English verse makes this volume a treasure. Includes preface and glossary.
The Psalms in History and Biography
Author: John KerThe Metrical Psalms and Paraphrases
Author: Thomas YoungPsalm Culture and Early Modern English Literature
Author: Hannibal HamlinPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521832700
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Psalm Culture and Early Modern English Literature examines the powerful influence of the biblical Psalms on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English literature. It explores the imaginative, beautiful, ingenious and sometimes ludicrous and improbable ways in which the Psalms were 'translated' from ancient Israel to Renaissance and Reformation England. No biblical book was more often or more diversely translated than the Psalms during the period. In church psalters, sophisticated metrical paraphrases, poetic adaptations, meditations, sermons, commentaries, and through biblical allusions in secular poems, plays, and prose fiction, English men and women interpreted the Psalms, refashioning them according to their own personal, religious, political, or aesthetic agendas. The book focuses on literature from major writers like Shakespeare and Milton to less prominent ones like George Gascoigne, Mary Sidney Herbert and George Wither, but it also explores the adaptations of the Psalms in musical settings, emblems, works of theology and political polemic.