The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-03
NEW VERSION OF THE PSALMS.

| The new version of the Psalms for
| the Polychrome Bible has been com
pleted. The translation has been made
! by Professor Welhausen, of the Uni
versity of Gottingen. The old version,
! the King James translation, is said to
| be full of errors. Only the profoundly
! learned are entitled to speak on this
point, but TO judge by some specimens
of the new version published in the
| New York Journal, the errors are not
very grave and do not in reality affect
the meaning. Take the second psalm
as an instance, it being one of the
most familiar. The new version reads:
l Why do the heather rage,
And the peoples devise what is vain?
2 The kings of the earth contrive plots
And the princes take counsel together
Against JHVH, and against His
Their bonds we will break asunder,
Their cords we will cast away from
US"
He laughs whose throne is in heaven,
At them the LORD SCOTS.
| Until in His wrath He says to them,
In His fury affrighting them
| 6 rs 1t not L who my king have es-
On Zion, holy mountain of mine?"
JHVHS decree make known;
Thus He has said TO me: Thou art
my son.
have this day begotten Thee;
Ask, and. as heritage, 1 give thee
The ends of the earth shall be thy
possession;
With a staff of iron shalt thou break
them to pieces,
Like 4 vessel of earth, dash them to
Fragments
10 Be wary, therefore, We kings
Ye rulers of earth. be advised
II Wait We on JHVH with fear,
Submit yourselves to Him with trem-
bling.
12 Adopt a modest demeanor, lest He be
angry, and ruin seize you.
For His anger is easily kindled.
Happy all they who i'll Him put their
trust.
Compare this new and highly
scholarly revision with the old King
James translation, which is as fol-
lows:
PSALM IL-ACCEPTED VERSION.
1. Why do the heather rage, and the
people imagine a vain thing?
9 The kings of the earth set them
selves, and the rulers take counsel to-
gether, against the Lord, and against
his Amounted, saying,
g. Let US break their bands aSunder
and cast away their cords from US.
T. He that stitch in the heavens
shall laugh; the Lord shall have them
in derision.
5. Then shall he speak unto them in
his wrath, and Vex them in his sore
displeasure.
S. Yet have I set my king upon my
holy hill of Zion.
T. I will declare the decree; the Lord
hath said unto me, Thou art my Son;
this day have 1 begotten thee.
8. ASK of me, and I shall give thee
the heather for thine inheritance. and
the uttermost parts of the earth for
thy possession.
9. Thou shalt break them with a rod
Of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces
like a potter'S vessel.
10. Be wise now. therefore, o We
kings; be instructed, we judges of the
earth.
Il. Serve the Lord with fear, and
rejoice with trembling.
u. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry.
and We perish from the way, when his
wrath is kindled but a, little. Blessed
are all they that put their trust in
him.
There is really no great difference.
In the last verse the new version says,
Adopt a modest demeanor," ETC.,
where the old one has, kiss the Son."
etc. Substantially the idea is not to
offend, lest he be angry.
For the sake of further comparison
take few verses from the nineteenth
Psalm. The new version is
l The heavens recount the glory of God.
And the armament proclaims His
handiwork.