Influence of the Psalms in the Renaissance

I continue to be intrigued by the wide-ranging, deep impact of the Psalms across the centuries.  This quote is just one more documenting this impact on the church and the surrounding culture. “The Renaissance was a cultural movement founded on the enterprise of translation ….  The Earl of Surrey and Richard Stanyhurst translated Virgil’s Aeneid; …

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Blessing of Family (Psalm 128)

“Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table. Behold, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the Lord.” (Psalm 128:3-4) “How beautiful to see the gnarled olive, still bearing abundant fruit, surrounded with a little band of sturdy successors, any one …

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