Psalter revision: Governing principles (3) Text (2)
Kuiper discusses the governing principles used by an interdenominational Psalter revision committee to evaluate the text and lyrics of psalm versifications, including principles of completeness, faithfulness, poetic value, and appropriate language. The article specifically addresses how the revised Psalter will handle the translation and versification of God's names, particularly distinguishing between "Jehovah" and "Lord" in English renderings.
Previous article in this series: February 15, 2017, p. 279. My last article explained two principles that the interdenominational Psalter revision committee is using to evaluate the text, or lyrics, of the Psalter. Those two principles are completeness ("Is all of the scriptural Psalm represented in the Psalter? Is there one Psalter that captures the whole Psalm?") and faithfulness ("Is the text faithful to Scripture? Is it theologically sound? Is it the language of Scripture? Are all things...
Full article available on sb.rfpa.org
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