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Specific changes in wording made in U. S. Prayer Books prior to 1928 are given below: |
| Psalm |
Change
made |
Date |
| 2:12 | 'little, blessed' to 'little, Blessed' | 1845 |
| 4:2 | 'leasing' to 'falsehood' | 1790 |
| 5:6 | 'leasing' to 'lies' | 1790 |
| 6:4 | 'mercies' to 'mercies'' |
1822 1845 |
| 10:5 | 'always' to 'alway' | 1790 |
| 16:9 | 'always' to 'alway' | 1892 |
| 18:10 | 'Cherubins' to 'Cherubims' 'Cherubims' to 'Cherubim' |
1790 1793 |
| 21:8 | 'thy hand' to thine hand' | 1892 |
| 22:16 | 'council' to 'counsel' | 1845; restored in 1892 |
| 24:8&10 | 'the king' to 'this king' | 1892 |
| 34 | 'Benedicam Domino' to 'Benedicam Dominum' | 1892 |
| 35 | 'Judica, Domine' to 'Judica me, Domine' | 1822; restored in 1892 |
| 38:10 | 'sight' to 'light' | 1892 |
| 39:5 | 'my' to 'mine' | 1892 |
| 42:9 | 'the water-pipes' to 'thy water-pipes' | 1892 |
| 49:14 | 'domination' to 'dominion' | 1786; restored in 1892 |
| 50:9 | 'he-goat' to 'he-goats' | 1892 |
| 52:10 | 'always' to 'alway' | 1892 |
| 55:11 | 'their streets' to 'her streets' | 1892 |
| 56:8 | 'flittings' to 'wanderings' | 1790 |
| 61:8 | 'always' to 'alway' | 1892 |
| 63:5 | 'on to 'in' | 1790 |
| 67:5 | 'let all' to 'yea, let all' | 1822 |
| 68:13 | 'lien' to 'lain' |
1790 |
| 68:27 | 'counsel' to 'council' |
1790 1845 1892 |
| 68:27 | 'Zabulon' to Zebulon' | 1793; restored in 1892 |
| 71:5 | 'always' to 'alway' | 1892 |
| 72:17 | 'among' to 'amongst' | 1793; restored in 1892 |
| 73:12 | 'mine hands' to 'my hands' | 1892 |
| 77:6 | 'spirits' to 'spirit' | 1845 |
| 77:14 | 'doeth' to 'doest' | 1845 |
| 80:1 | 'Cherubims' to 'Cherubim' | 1793 |
| 83:6 | 'Ismaelites' to 'Ishmaelites' | 1790 |
| 83:6 | 'Hagarens' to 'Hagarenes' | 1793 |
| 83:9 | 'Madianites' to 'Midianites' | 1822; restored in 1892 |
| 87:4 | 'Behold ye' to 'Behold, yea' | 1892 |
| 90:12 | 'So teach' to 'O teach' | 1892 |
| 92:9 | 'mine' to 'my' | 1892 |
| 94:18 | 'slipped' to 'slipt' | 1892 |
| 99:1 | 'Cherubims' to 'Cherubim' | 1793 |
| 100:1 | 'O be' to 'O be ye' | 1822; restored in 1871 |
| 102:20 | 'mournings' to 'mourning' | 1793; restored in 1892 |
| 103:20 | 'words' to 'word' | 1845; restored in 1892 |
| 104:11 | 'All beasts' to 'All the beasts' | 1822; restored in 1892 |
| 104:20 | 'forest' to 'forests' | 1845; restored in 1871 |
| 107:27 | 'wits'' to 'wit's' 'wit's' to wits'' 'wits'' to 'wit's' |
1793 1871 1892 |
| 109:18 | 'alway' to 'always' | 1822; restored in 1892 |
| 110:3 | 'the people' to 'thy people' | 1892 |
| 116:14 | 'thine handmaid' to 'thy handmaid' | 1793; restored in 1892 |
| 117:2 | 'towards' to 'toward' | 1892 |
| 119:36 | 'my' to 'mine' | 1790; restored in 1892 |
| 119:127 | 'stone' to stones' | 1790 |
| 121 | 'Levavi oculos meos' to 'Levavi oculos' | 1871 |
| 128:2 | 'labours' to 'labour' | 1790; restored in 1892 |
| 133:1 | 'brethren, to dwell' to 'brethren to dwell' | 1892 |
| 135:6 | 'in the Sea' to 'and in the Sea' | 1871 |
| 138:5 | 'sing of' to 'sing in' | 1892 |
| 148:2 | 'host' to 'hosts' | 1822; restored in 1892 |
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