Show BISHOPS SEEK REVISION Of PSALMS Drastic Changes in Psalms I of David in P I Recommended I LONDON DO April 1 12 By Dy A A. A P. P P.- P. Drastic changes and elisions in the Psalms Psalm of ot David in the Book Dook of or Common Prayer are recommended recommend recommend- ed by the special committee of ot tho the house of ot bishops which has been sitting in solemn conclave on the subject ct for tor many months month The IheI al alterations at- at ter It if sanctioned by the national na national national na- na I assembly of at the Church of oft England will II c constitute tI an alternative alternative alter alter- te native t text of t the tho psalms m to be used at the he discretion of at ministers The proposed revision of or the prayer book includes also the shortening of the ten commandments arid add the alteration al alteration alteration al- al of at the marriage service The psalmists psalmist's vision Islon of or unforgettable unforgettable table doom for the ungodly Is radically radically radi radl- cally caily modified Psalm 68 fill Is to be omitted altogether It It contains such expressions as this this' Break their teeth 0 O God In their mouths mouth let them fall taU away like water water wa WR- ter that pace apace I Lot Let t them consume away like a s snail l The righteous f s shall Va r rejoice IC when n the h Meth seeth the he vengeance he shall shan wa wash washa h hrs his a footsteps in the blood of ot the i ungodly i OMIT VERSES CaSES I IJ i J Verses are to be left out from I eight other psalms and in each flach case the sentiments are for death and condemnation as ail for example to psalm 60 verse re 23 23 That they foot may mav be dipped In the blood of or thine enemies and that the tongue of the dog mIL may be red through the same and In psalm verses 9 and 10 Let Id his children be bEt fatherless an and 1 his wife a a. widow Let his children be vagabonds and be beg their bread No fewer than alterations ara suggested In the wording or of the serves of ot various p psalms alms A com corn comparison comparison parison of ot the tho revised version of or these alterations with the old text in tn a Election lection of or these alterations Is given ghen below In each In Instance tance the revised ver version lon Is given first Psalm 37 verse 20 I As for tor the ungodly they shall perish and the enemies of ot the lx Lord rd Shall shall lI h ho hl as nR the tho flower of the tho field I k L THE SAL SAI A AI m naU th they they yea rea even as the tho smoke I COl consume As mio for away Wt the t u ungodly g gO IY y they h Sh snail shat ii I perish and the e enemies of t the he L Lord loro shall hall consume as the fat of l J b hall shall they yea jea ea even as the smoke consume I a away Psalm I 62 verse 9 theY he As for the children of ot men they are but vanity the cht children balm of or men n nare the balance balance- are deceitful tried Inthey in than they are altogether lighter vanity itself As for the children of ot men they are but vanity the children of at men they are deceitful upon the weights are altogether tOgether lighter than van vanity It Itself 1 Psalm 7 n Verse 6 C He Ile shall come down like ther the r the rain n nd d drops upon g that t th the haet t tender water the the Kr rasa ss earth J even en ASHe as He lie shall shan coma com down like the rain Into a fleece of ot wool even al as the tho drops that water the tho earth CJu CHANGES SIm Vr Urging that the suggested changes es esbe be rejected the Lond The Dally x i-x- says sas editorially The Th cv com com- of at revision has been been trying to 10 modify the immortal songs of ot David Da Ia- vid to au suit t the less lees robust constitutions tione tion of today The psalms of ot DaId Dav Da- Da a arace race v vid id were for tor a vigorous race their cues erses we of ot conquerors In verseS have found the tha th fun fundamental paS paS- Lions Hons of ot A mighty people expressed with Inspired genius u When hen ethere war and conquest t was s the theme there was the clash of or battle in the very words and anguish and Borrow V the vividness portrayed with were And nd hills the of ot a 1 a- a storm among when the tho psalmist sang shall of beauty Bury accents as shall sur It t was in such ac until the human ranee ranc no longer vl e responds to the appeal p of mIsu music sk The P of or orthe Book Dook of ot Common Prayer Is 18 ons ona It I of ot our literature the twin glories literature has hUll consoled and Inspired the people since the he days day o oi of ot f Edw E Edward U ard ard VI Our OurI modern Bolsheviks and i I have no right to degrade the peal peal- I ter |