Psalm 100

Free Verse vs. Long meter

The most common meter in this psalter is called Common Meter (C.M.). Common Meter is furthermore designated 86 86. This means that there are eight syllables in the first line of the type, six syllables in the second line, eight in the third, and six in the fourth. Tunes must be of the same meter as the version of phrases to which they are sung.

Several Psalms in the Scottish Metrical Psalter have a second type in Long Meter (88 88), in Short Meter (66 86), or in other meters. In the Scottish Metrical Psalter there are Long Meter forms of Psalms 6, 100, 102, and 145. There are Short Meter forms of Psalms 25, 45, 67 and 70. There are furthermore versions of Psalms 124, 136, 143 and 148 in three other meters. Above the words of each Psalm version is a suggested melody or melodies, published in italics.

Hebrew bible translation vs the original English translation

For the last 300 years, the monarch James type (KJV) of the Bible has been the premier English Bible translation. With the recent onslaught of new translations, however, the KJV has been sliding in its popularity, because new translations are easier to read.

First, whether more functional or more formally matching, the translations were more alike than I would have anticipated when read side by side. The NJB was equitably choppy. I like its use of “Yahweh” in the Psalm, though I don't use that as a direct in reading publicly. The REB was likewise a bit choppy and emerged to use vocabulary that didn't fit well.

What Psalm 100 means

Verse 3: Some Bibles convert "we are his persons" as "we did not make ourselves". This is because they sound the identical in *Hebrew! It does not issue because both transformations tell ...