Poor Bishop Hooper
4 songs checked against the passage they lean on. Each one was graded on its own, against what that song does with the text.
How the 4 checks landed
- ~ FAITHFUL 4
This is a count, not a verdict. We grade songs, one at a time, against what each one does with the text. A tally of those checks describes a catalogue. It is not a judgment of the people who wrote or sang it, and no number here puts anyone on or off The List. Most drift is craft pressure, not deception. Read the proofs, not the arithmetic.
The songs
~ FAITHFUL
“Psalm 95”
Poor Bishop Hooper
Sing it. It is Psalm 95's call to worship in the duo's own wording, with nothing added. Just know it stops early. The psalm ends with God speaking, and that part is not sung.✓ Every line traces to Psalm 95, and the project's own posted text for this song carries nothing from outside the psalm
⚠ From verse 9 the psalm is God speaking. No line in the project's posted text speaks in His voice, so the sung warning carries no stated consequence
~ FAITHFUL
“Psalm 100”
Poor Bishop Hooper
Sing it. It is all five verses of Psalm 100 with nothing added. Just know the order has been rebuilt: the psalm ends on God's goodness and faithfulness, and the song ends on our belonging to Him.✓ Every clause of all five verses is present, and no line in the song comes from outside Psalm 100
⚠ No translation is named anywhere on the release, the project pages, or the upload, so the wording cannot be checked against a source the listener is pointed to
~ FAITHFUL
“Psalm 23”
Poor Bishop Hooper
Sing it. It is Psalm 23 in order in the duo's own words, valley and enemies included. No translation is named, and verse 2's quiet waters, verse 3's restored soul, and verse 4's for-You-are-with-me are not in it.✓ All six verses in order: the valley, the enemies and the pursuit stay attached to the green-pasture comfort, so the psalm keeps its hard parts
⚠ No translation is named, and the free wording still has a source: at four points it follows the modern HCSB/CSB renderings rather than the King James tradition, so the song descends from a real Bible the listener is never pointed to
~ FAITHFUL
“Psalm 46”
Poor Bishop Hooper
Sing it. It is Psalm 46 in the duo's own compressed wording, and it keeps the earthquake attached to the comfort. It names no translation, and four of the psalm's eleven verses are not in it.✓ The song keeps verse 1's refuge claim attached to verse 2's collapsing earth, which is the context most often stripped when this verse is quoted alone
⚠ No translation is named anywhere on the release. The phrase about a very present help in trouble follows the King James wording, where the BSB shown here reads "an ever-present help in times of trouble," so a listener has nothing to check the song against