A Revision of the Authorized English Versions of the Book of Psalms

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Excerpt from A Revision of the Authorized English Versions of the Book of Psalms: With Notes, Original and Selected Christ, "whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting, and the Holy Ghost, by whose inspiration all Scripture is given, have stamped the impress of their Divine attestation upon the Book of Psalms, inasmuch as the Psalms have been referred to and quoted, both by Christ in person during His ministry on earth, and by the writers of the New Testament, more frequently than any other book of the Old Testament Scriptures. Mahomet, the false prophet of Arabia, in the only direct citation from the Bible which occurs in the Koran, has quoted Psalm xxxvii. 29, in a Soorah composed at Mecca, and therefore written by him before the Hegira, A.D. 622. This is an irrefragable proof of the supereminent estimation and general use which the Psalter had obtained throughout Arabia in the early part of the seventh century. The Psalms have universally been considered in every age an inspired summary of Gods revealed will, an inestimable manual of public and private devotion, an essential part of eucharistic worship, to show forth the praises of Him who hath called His people from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God. Of these, eight are alphabetical acrostics, several are dialogue-psalms, some are Divine enigmas, others in structure resemble the dramatic ode and lyrical sonnet, and of many the writer is the symbolical impersonation, of the Messiah. Thus, in exuberant diversity of phraseology, composition, melody, rhythm, and subject-matter, eucharistic, minatory, precatory, didactic, oracular, and predictive, the Psalter infinitely surpasses all human writings, and all other inspired Scriptures. 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.