The gradual Psalms: a treatise on the fifteen songs of degrees, with commentary |
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... steps ( gradus ) to the pulpit or ambon , * from which the recitation of the Gospel takes place . The term Gradual ... steps of the Temple at Jerusalem . * So Cardinal Bona ( Rerum Liturg . Lib . II . c . 6 , § 4 ) is careful to observe ...
... steps ( gradus ) to the pulpit or ambon , * from which the recitation of the Gospel takes place . The term Gradual ... steps of the Temple at Jerusalem . * So Cardinal Bona ( Rerum Liturg . Lib . II . c . 6 , § 4 ) is careful to observe ...
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... steps or stairs . So it is in 1 Kings x . 19 : " The throne had six steps ; " in Neh . xii . 37 : " And at the fountain gate , which was over against them , they went up by the stairs of the City of David at the going up ( the ascent ) ...
... steps or stairs . So it is in 1 Kings x . 19 : " The throne had six steps ; " in Neh . xii . 37 : " And at the fountain gate , which was over against them , they went up by the stairs of the City of David at the going up ( the ascent ) ...
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... steps ( gradatim ) in such a way that a part of a preceding sentence is commonly repeated at the beginning of the next , and everywhere is aug- mented with new resources of phrase , and , as it were , ascends . " * These Psalms would ...
... steps ( gradatim ) in such a way that a part of a preceding sentence is commonly repeated at the beginning of the next , and everywhere is aug- mented with new resources of phrase , and , as it were , ascends . " * These Psalms would ...
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... steps . Degrees on III . Another possible application of the Gradual Psalms is suggested in the words of Lightfoot , that great master of Hebrew studies : " The degrees of the sun's reversing , and the fifteen years of Sun - dial ...
... steps . Degrees on III . Another possible application of the Gradual Psalms is suggested in the words of Lightfoot , that great master of Hebrew studies : " The degrees of the sun's reversing , and the fifteen years of Sun - dial ...
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... A Targum is commonly , but not necessarily , in Chaldee . The Septuagint version into Greek is , for example , a Targum , and not a strict translation . " A song which was said upon the steps of THE GRADUAL PSALMS . 9.
... A Targum is commonly , but not necessarily , in Chaldee . The Septuagint version into Greek is , for example , a Targum , and not a strict translation . " A song which was said upon the steps of THE GRADUAL PSALMS . 9.
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Aben Ezra according adopted amongst Antiphon Augus Augustine blessing Book brethren Buxtorf Captivity Cassiodorus Chaldee CHAPTER Christ Christian writers Chron Church clause Compline cxxi David deliverance Deus Deut Dionysius the Carthusian Domine Edition English Ephratah example exegesis explains exposition fact Father gives glory Gradual Psalms Greek hand hath heaven Hebrew authorities Hebrew word Hebrew writers Holy interpretation Israel Jerome Jerusalem Jesus Kathisma late Rev Levites lift literal Lord Lord's Maimonides meaning Midrash Tehillim Moses mystic observed odd number Office passage peace phrase postage prayer priests Prophets Psalm-titles Psalmist Psalter quæ quotes Radak Rashi reference rendering S. C. Malan Saints Sarum Scripture seems sense Septuagint SERMONS servants Shechinah Solomon Song of Degrees soul spiritual steps tabernacle Talmud Targum Temple tense Testament thine thou shalt throne tion tongue translation unto thee verb Version Vulgate W. J. E. BENNETT Zion
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Page 391 - Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them : and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Page 285 - I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees...
Page 178 - Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
Page 167 - Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord.
Page 83 - Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast : for it is the number of a man ; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
Page 329 - THEN Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion.
Page 63 - And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again.
Page xxiii - I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
Page 349 - Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Page 208 - WHEN the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them.