A New Translation of the Book of Psalms: From the Original Hebrew; with Various Readings and Notes |
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Page 12
These three verses have , I think , been universally misunderstood ; and . .
consequently , inisinterpreted . They allude to that period , when David , and his
men , in distress for provisions , were seasonably relieved ; first by Zebah ; and
then by ...
These three verses have , I think , been universally misunderstood ; and . .
consequently , inisinterpreted . They allude to that period , when David , and his
men , in distress for provisions , were seasonably relieved ; first by Zebah ; and
then by ...
Page 34
I am not sure that I have rightly rendered these two verses : but I could make no
other sense out of them , without ... This psalm is a bappy specimen of Hebrew
poetry , and bas been elegantly translated into verse , by Addison and others .
I am not sure that I have rightly rendered these two verses : but I could make no
other sense out of them , without ... This psalm is a bappy specimen of Hebrew
poetry , and bas been elegantly translated into verse , by Addison and others .
Page 39
This verse in the present Heb . begins not with a kopb , but with a resh , which is
the letter of the following verse . Another word therefore must be sought to rectify
the mistake : and various substitutes have been thought of . Some think the word
...
This verse in the present Heb . begins not with a kopb , but with a resh , which is
the letter of the following verse . Another word therefore must be sought to rectify
the mistake : and various substitutes have been thought of . Some think the word
...
Page 63
The verses here and henceforth have been badly divided ; and this has given
rise to the notion that some of the stanzas are defective . I have risked a new
division , ty which the supposed deficiencies are made up ; and the whole
number of ...
The verses here and henceforth have been badly divided ; and this has given
rise to the notion that some of the stanzas are defective . I have risked a new
division , ty which the supposed deficiencies are made up ; and the whole
number of ...
Page 67
Only the next comma must be separated from this verse , and added to verse 4 .
This makes the sense clear and consistent . The psalmist repines not at the
prosperity of the wicked ; but de precates chastisement immediately inflicted on
him by ...
Only the next comma must be separated from this verse , and added to verse 4 .
This makes the sense clear and consistent . The psalmist repines not at the
prosperity of the wicked ; but de precates chastisement immediately inflicted on
him by ...
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| Title | A New Translation of the Book of Psalms: From the Original Hebrew; with Various Readings and Notes |
| Author | Alexander Geddes |
| Publisher | J. Johnson, 1807 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 12 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 275 pages |
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