The Psalter of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Translated by John Cumming
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The opening
PSALM I.
Blessed is the man that cherishes thy name, Virgin Mary, thy grace will strengthen his soul.
As a garden watered by springs of living water, thou wilt multiply in that soul the sweetest fruits of justice.
Thou art blessed among all women, because of the humble faith of thy holy heart.
For thou art exalted above all women by the beauty of thy person; thou surpassest the angels and the archangels by the excellence of thy sanctity.
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About this edition
- The words
- John Cumming's English translation, copied word for word.
- Left out
- Google's notice on the scanned copy (Google Books) (3 blocks)
- The cover or spine label of the scanned copy, read by the OCR (“! )I THE PS ALTER OF ⏎ SI BONA VENTCBE.”) (2 blocks)
- The scanning library's mark (“Digitized by Google”) (110 blocks)
- The title page and opening pages before chapter 1, in 2 places
- A preface, foreword or afterword, in 2 places
- Page numbers and running heads from the printed pages, in 5 places
- Closing line “END OF THE PSALTEB.”
- Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 3 places