One can reasonably argue that the translation man here obscures the psalm's universal applicability. What should determine translation is the literal sense of Scripture itself. Since it is the fruit of inspiration, this sense is also intended by God. The literal sense is thus the basis of patristic and traditional interpretation, not the other way round. Rather Than a Political Phenomenon.
Inclusive language is part of North American culture.
In Canada, where the NRSV has been the lectionary text for over two years, the bishops' liturgy committee received a mere half-dozen letters of inquiry prior to the outbreak of controversy last fall. In the three-year delay of approval, publishers' stocks have been exhausted. Further, there is no approved inclusive psalter, though women's congregations have long sought one. The revised NAB psalter fits the bill but is held up in Rome. Unofficial inclusive editions are increasingly being used, but they have not been done in accord with the bishops' carefully developed Criteria .