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The following six items have been tagged The Psalms.

The posts in this section of Comfortable Words include alternative translations and collections of the Psalms. They include the translation by Myles Coverdale, made in 1535 and included in every subsequent edition of the Book of Common Prayer, and the metrical and rhyming translation of the Psalms was written by Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady, first released in 1696.

For the Psalms in the Authorised Version, see The Book of Psalms (KJV). To search the text of the Psalms, go to Search the KJV or Search Tate and Brady.

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The Psalms

From The Authorized Version

The translation of the Book of Psalms included in the Authorized Version of 1611.

Tate and Brady’s Psalter

Versified by Nahum Tate And Nicholas Brady

A metrical translation of the Book of Psalms, done into rhyming English verse by the author of ‘While Shepherds Watched’.

The Coverdale Psalms

Translated by Myles Coverdale

A translation of the Psalms made by Yorkshireman Myles Coverdale in 1535, and included in the Book of Common Prayer ever after.

St Bede’s Psalter

Edited by St Bede of Jarrow

A collection of verses from the Book of Psalms breathing the repentance, the hope and the joy of the whole Psalter.

Seven Penitential Psalms

Seven psalms chosen by Cassiodorus (?485-?585) for expressing heartfelt repentance and confident hope.

A Daily Psalter

From The Book of Common Prayer

Read the Book of Psalms through in a month.

Clay Lane