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Psalms and Canticles

Translations of the Psalms and other Biblical hymns, from sources other than the King James Bible.

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The following ten items have been tagged Psalms and Canticles.

The passages collected in this section are not taken from the Authorized Version, but they are written in a similar kind of Church English, and most of them come from the Bible. Several of them are from the Book of Common Prayer, first published in 1549; they include the Prayer Book’s Psalter, which had been translated by Myles Coverdale in 1535. Also included is a metrical translation of the Psalms by Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady.

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 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.

2

A Daily Psalter

From The Book of Common Prayer

Read the Book of Psalms through in a month.

3

The Great Doxology

Translated for The Book of Common Prayer

A prayer that has been sung daily at Mattins since the fourth century.

4

Lord, Now Lettest Thou Thy Servant Depart

From The Gospel According to St Luke

The Song of Simeon, or ‘Nunc Dimittis’, which Simeon sang as he took the infant Jesus in his arms.

5

My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord

From The Gospel According to St Luke

The Virgin Mary’s spontaneous hymn of praise when she told her cousin about the angel Gabriel.

6

The Psalms

From The Authorized Version

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

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