page_title: Metrical psalter
hierarchical_section_title: Metrical psalter
caption_attribution_description: Full record available at: images.is.ed.ac.uk/luna/servlet/s/96z611. Shelfmark La.III.483.1 This image is available from the University of Edinburgh Image Collections This item is part of University of Edinburgh Image Collections, wmm~2~2~37289~102804View the image in Wikimedia's IIIF-compliant Mirador viewer which enables high resolution zooming.View the image in its original context in the University of Edinburgh Image Collections Catalogue This file was uploaded as part of a GLAMWiki partnership with the University of Edinburgh. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing. Left page Psalm 16 (paraphrase) - partial text of "Lord Keep me for I trust in thee": (...) no need I give my goods unto the saints That in the world do dwell And namely to the faithful flock In virtue that excel. Psalm 119 (paraphrase): O God, my Strength and Fortitude, Of force I must love thee; Thou art my Castle and Defense In my necessity; My God, my Rock, in whom I trust, The worker of my wealth, My Refuge, Buckler, and my Shield, The horn of all my health. Right page Psalm 19 (paraphrase, part): The heavens and the firmament do wondrously declare, The glory of God omnipotent (...)
context_page_description: A metrical psalter is a kind of Bible translation: a book containing a metrical translation of all or part of the Book of Psalms in vernacular poetry, meant to be sung as hymns in a church. Some metrical psalters include melodies or even harmonizations. The composition of metrical psalters was a large enterprise of the Protestant Reformation, especially in its Calvinist manifestation.
context_section_description: A metrical psalter is a kind of Bible translation: a book containing a metrical translation of all or part of the Book of Psalms in vernacular poetry, meant to be sung as hymns in a church. Some metrical psalters include melodies or even harmonizations. The composition of metrical psalters was a large enterprise of the Protestant Reformation, especially in its Calvinist manifestation.
caption: A 16th-century metrical psalter produced by Thomas Wood, held by the University of Edinburgh
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