The English of our Bible

For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven, Psalm 119:89 . My sister kindly alerted me to a link on Facebook in which the 23rd Psalm was compared in Early English 800-1066, Middle English 1000-1500, 1611, and 1989. The compiler of these four renditions of the 23rd Psalm did not appear to have an axe to grind. All too often such comparisons are done to justify making new translations. This…