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The King James Version (KJV) does not embrace the same aesthetic values that Sidney's Psalms do. Sidney's are considerably longer than those from the KJV, delving into more literary detail with more frequent use of metaphors, vivid imagery and elaborately poetic language.
The Book of Psalms (/ s ɑː (l) m z /, US also / s ɔː (l) m z /; [2] Biblical Hebrew: תְּהִלִּים, romanized: Tehillīm, lit. 'praises'; Ancient Greek: Ψαλμός, romanized: Psalmós; Latin: Liber Psalmorum; Arabic: زَبُورُ, romanized: Zabūr), also known as the Psalter, is the first book of the third section of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) called Ketuvim ('Writings'), and a ...
The exclusive use of the King James Version is recorded in a statement made by the Tennessee Association of Baptists in 1817, stating "We believe that any person, either in a public or private capacity who would adhere to, or propagate any alteration of the New Testament contrary to that already translated by order of King James the 1st, that is now in common in use, ought not to be encouraged ...
Zoroastrianism, a possible influence on Abrahamic traditions, [8] includes the concept of a "kingdom of God" or of a divine kingship: . In the Gāthās Zoroaster's thoughts about khšathra as a thing turn mostly to the 'dominion' or 'kingdom' of God, which was conceived, it seems, both as heaven itself, thought of as lying just above the visible sky, and as the kingdom of God to come on earth ...
[3] Psalm 145 is an alphabetic acrostic , the initial letter of each verse being the Hebrew alphabet in sequence. For this purpose, the usual Hebrew numbering of verse 1, which begins with the title, "A Psalm of David", is ignored in favor of the non-Hebrew numbering which treats verse 1 as beginning ארוממך ( Aromimkha , "I will exalt You").
The Salem City Council meets in 2023 at City Hall. The council is set to vote Monday on whether to authorize a $325,000 settlement to a former Willamette Valley Communications Center employee.
The $650,000 for the 2-acre patch of land would come from Parks System Development Charges, not the General Fund.
The English Civil War (1642–1651) and the overthrow of the monarchy allowed the Puritans to pursue their reform agenda, including dismantling the Elizabethan Settlement. The Restoration in 1660 reestablished both the monarchy and the religious settlement, but the Puritans were forced out of the Church of England.