How Did Mary Sidney Write A Psalm 58

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Mary Sidney’s Psalms 58 and the Psalms 58 found in the Coverdale Bible share a remarkable amount of similarities when it comes to the text itself. However, despite it’s similarities, both text split in the meaning and ideas that stem from it. With Sidney, one sees a darker, robust imagery, while, with the text in Coverdale, the reader gets the sense of elevation and language that is not common to the general population. When comparing Mary Sidney’s Psalm to the Coverdale version, one must first examine the psalms as a whole. Both psalms, although addressed to two different figures, deal with rectifying what is wrong in the world and are concerned with the wicked. They begin with the idea of calling out a figure and asking it if what they do is with the right intentions. In the Coverdale version, the figure in question is never stated and thus left to interpretation, or rather, the one being asked could be considered the reader …show more content…
Sidney writes her psalms using language that can be easily read through the land. She states that all shall rejoice and that the good with gladness will see the revenge thrown upon the wicked. Coverdale however shows a psalm that would have been appropriate for a select few. One sees this with the use of words such as “The righteous shall” (10), and “ Verily there is fruite for the righteous:” (11). It appears, that for Coverdale, good man is too much of a subjective term and thus anyone, whether good or evil, can rejoice from revenge. His use of the word righteous in the psalm now then tells the reader that not all will see vengeance, but rather only those that are morally upright and excellent. Whether is be the image of the adder, or the usage of grammatical roles, both psalms written by Sidney and Coverdale, paint to the reader what they want to show. It is with their similarities in structure and ideas that they connect, and with their language, that they differ

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