Psalter.us The Bay Psalm Book Psalms Book One Book Two Book Three Book Four Book Five Psalterium Americanum Psalms Book One Book Two Book Three Book Four Book Five The New England Psalm Book Isaiah Lamentations Habakkuk Song of Songs Jonah Gospels Revelation Psalms Book One Book Two Book Three Book Four Book Five Tunes DOCS_timing['navv'] = new Date().getTime(); Psalter.us Psalters of Puritan New England The Bay Psalm Book (1640) Psalterium Americanum (1718) The New England Psalm Book (1758) America's Psa
The Bay Psalm Book's origins can be traced to the efforts of "thirty pious and learned Ministers", including Richard Mather , Thomas Mayhew , and John Eliot , who sought to provide a suitable metrical psalter for the New England congregations. Guided by a strong commitment to literal accuracy and a deep reverence for the original Hebrew text, these scholars meticulously translated the psalms into English verse, aiming to create a collection that would preserve the integrity and spiritual essence of the sacr
"If therefore the verses are not always so smooth and elegant as some may desire or expect; let them consider that God’s altar needs not our polishings (Ex. 20) for we have respected rather a plain translation, than to smooth our verses with the sweetness of any paraphrases, and so have attended conscience rather than elegance, fidelity rather than poetry, in translating the Hebrew words into English language, and David’s poetry into English metre; that so we may sing in Sion the Lord’s songs of praise acco