What are the exact parameters regarding paraphrasing the Psalms in sung worship?

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Ben Maas. . . . .Facebook
In college, attending First Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), Ada, OH, and
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“Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.”
-Jonathan Edwards-

There are people who know more than me on this one, but I think the point is to put the Psalms into meter rather than paraphrase them. To put the Psalm into meter, you work with the word order and so that a certain number of syllables will be in each line and that there will be rhyme. I understand that sometimes the word order ends up being more like the original Hebrew.

I think you just do your best to keep the word-for-word philosophy that conservatives believe.

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Tim Lindsay
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Living in Cape Town, South Africa
"under the Southern Cross, at the foot of Table Mountain, not far from the Cape of Good Hope"

See this covered somewhat here.

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Chris Coldwell, Lakewood Presbyterian Church (PCA), Dallas, Texas.
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Makes sense to me. The 1650 Scottish Metrical Psalter is a translation.

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