A Companion to the Prayer Book Psalter Author:John Dart General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1884 Original Publisher: Thomas Whittaker Subjects: Psalters Religion / Christianity / Anglican Religion / Prayerbooks / General Religion / Christianity / Denominations Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may b... more »e typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 21. thou thoughtest wickedly that I am even such a one as thyself. Because God did not at once openly punish the sin, the sinner thought that He was indifferent to it. / will reprove thee, and set before thee the things that thou hast done, or, "I will reprove thee, and set them (i. e., thy sins) in order before thine eyes" (A. V.). 22. lest I pluck you away, or, "lest I tear you in pieces" (A. V.). 23. conversation. Old English for "way of life" (Ps. XXXVII. 14). Psalm LI. The title of this Psalm (see A. V.) states that it was composed by David when the prophet Nathan came to him and convinced him of his great sin (2 Sam. xi. and xii.). It is one of the seven Penitential Psalms, and is used by our Church in the Commination Service appointed to be said on Ash Wednesday. It opens with an earnest prayer for forgiveness, founded upon full confession of guilt and acknowledgment of God's justice (1-4); then comes an entreaty for renewal of spirit, followed by a vow to offer spiritual sacrifices, which alone are acceptable to God. The Psalmist in conclusion offers a prayer for Zion and for the building of the walls of Jerusalem. 1. after, i. e., according to. mercy, great goodness (rather, "loving-kindness," A. V.). The first word is strong, the second is stronger; it implies deep parental feeling. offences; wickedness; sin. David uses three distinct words which involve every degree of guilt (Ps. XXXII. 1, 2). 3. faults, or, "transgres...« less