Excerpt from Specimen of an Improved Metrical Translation of the Psalms of David, Intended for the Use of the Presbyterian Church in Australia and New Zealand: With a Preliminary Dissertation, and Notes, Critical and ExplanatoryIn the English language, the version of Sternhold and Hopkins, which was written towards the close of the sixteenth century, and the name of which has long been synonymous with barbarism itself, became current in Great Britain during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and continued in general use, both in England and Scotland, till it was superseded by a much superior version, exe outed chie¿y by an English Presbyterian of the name of Rous, at the instance of the Westminster Assembly during the long Parliament. That version having been adopted at the time by the church of Scotland, has ever since been in general use among the Presbyterians of that country, and of the North of Ireland. The version generally used in the Church of England, since the reign of Queen Anne, is that of Tate and Brady.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.