24. Psalters, English. (from JOHN JULIAN, A
DICTIONARY OF HYMNOLOGY)
List of Complete and Partial Versions of the Psalms in English from 1414 to 1889.
ENGLISH PSALTERS 1701-1800
-Jupsalt110. 1701. James Gibbs. The First Fifteen Psalms of David, Translated Into Lyric Verse ... With a Preface Containing Some Observations of the Great and General Defectiveness of Former Versions in Greek, Latin and English.
-JuPsalt111. 1704. Charles Darby. The Book of Psalms in English Metre, The Newest Version Fitted to the Common Tunes. London, printed for Thomas Parkhurst, at the Bible and Three Crowns in Cheapside. [G. p. 110.]
*-Jupsalt112. 1706. Basil Kennett. An Essay towards a Paraphrase on the Psalms in English Verse. To which is added a Paraphrase on the third chapter of the Revelation. London, 1706. [H. il. p. 127.]
*-Jupsalt113. 1707. Samuel Cobb. Three versions in his Poems on Several Occasions. [H. ii. p. 133.]
*-Jupsalt114. 1712. Joseph Addison, p. 16, ii.
*-Jupsalt115. 1712. Anonymous. Ps. 29 in Verse.
*-Jupsalt116. 1714. Sir John Denham, p. 287, i. [G. p. 96.]
-Jupsalt116a. 1714. Matthew Henry Family Hymns Gathered Mostly out of the Translations of Davids Psalms 1702, Matthew Henry, d. 1714
*-Jupsalt117. 1714. Daniel Burgess, p. 194, ii. [G. p 111.]
*-Jupsalt118. 1718. Cotton Mather. Psalterium Americanum. The Book of Psalms in a Translation Exactly conformed unto the Original: but all in Blank Verse, Fitted unto the Tunes commonly used in our Churches, which pure offering is accompanied with Illustrations, digging for Hidden Treasures in it . . . . Whereto art added some other portions of the Sacred Scriptures, to enrich the cantional, Boston, in N. E. [G. p. 112.]
-Jupsalt119. 1719. Isaac Watts (q.v.). -(1799 edition); -(1834 edition);
*-Jupsalt120. 1720. Simon Browne, p. 186, ii.
*-Jupsalt121. 1721. Sir Richard Blackmore, p. 144, ii. [G. p. 115.]
-Jupsalt122. 1722. Richard Daniel. (See also No. 126.) A Paraphrase On some Select Psalms, By the Reverend Mr. Richard Daniel, Dean of Armagh, the Chaplain of his Grace the Lord Lieutenant. London, Printed for Bernard Lintot, between the Temple Gates, in Fleet Street, 1122. [H. ii. p. 170.]
*-Jupsalt123. 1722. Thomas Coney. Eighteen versions in his The Devout Soul.
*-Jupsalt124. 1724. Various. Psalms in Verse selected from Addison, Denham,
&c, in An Essay for composing a
Harmony between the Psalms, and other parts of the Scripture.
*-Jupsalt125. 1727. Walter Harte. Two versions in his Poems. [H. ii. p. 220.]
*-Jupsalt126. 1727. Richard Daniel. (See also No. 122.) The Seven penitential Psalms as The Royal Penitent.
*-Jupsalt127. 1730. George Atwood. The cxix. Ps. Paraphrased in English Verse.
*-Jupsalt128. 1736. John Burton. Ps. 104,137, in his Sacra Scripturse locorum quorundam versio metrica.
-Jupsalt129. 1737. John Wesley, Collection of Psalms and Hymns; Samuel Wesley, jun., and Charles Wesley. See Wesley Family.
*-Jupsalt130. 1738. William Tansur. Ps. 1, 22, in his Heaven on Earth, or The Beauty of Holiness.
*-Jupsalt131. 1738. Richard Lovelyn. Ps. 114, 137, in his Latin and English Poems. By a Gentleman of the University of Cambridge.
*-Jupsalt132. 1739. Elizabeth Rowe. Several versions in her Miscellaneous Works. [A. p. 118; H. ii. p. 177.]
*-Jupsalt133. 1740. Samuel Boyse. Ps. 4, 42, in his Poetry on Various Occasions, and in H. ii. p. 180.
*-Jupsalt134. 1740. Mary Leapor. Various in her Poems. Pub. posthumously in 1748.
*-Jupsalt135. 1745. Samuel Say. Ps. 97 in his Poems.
*-Jupsalt136. 1748. William Hamilton. Ps. 65 in his Poems, and in H. ii. p. 185.
*-Jupsalt137. 1748. Christopher Pitt (d. 1748). Reprinted in Anderson and Chalmers's British Poets. [A. p. 38; H.ii. p. 182.]
*-Jupsalt138. 1749. Joseph Trapp. To the 3rd ed. of his Thoughts upon the Four Last Things, 1749, are added paraphrases of three Psalms.
*-Jupsalt139. 1749. Thomas Blacklock, p. 144, ii.
-Jupsalt140. 1750. Thomas Gibbons, Juvenilia: Poems on Various Subjects of Devotion and Virtue, p. 420, i.
-Jupsalt141. 1751. Samuel [sometimes Henry] Pike. The Book of Psalms in Metre. [G. p. 118.]
*-Jupsalt142. 1751. Anonymous. Six versions in Hymns for the Use of the Congregation in Grey Eagle Street, Spitalfields.
-Jupsalt143. 1752. John Barnard. A New Version of the Psalms of David, with several Hymns out of the Old and New Testament. Fitted to the Tunes used in the Churches. By John Barnard, Pastor of a Church at Marblehead, Boston, N.E. printed by J. Draper, for T. Leverett, in Cornhill. [G. p. 119.]
Jupsalt144. 1754. Thomas Cradock. [H. ii. p. 199.] A Poetical Translation of the Psalms of David, from Buchanan's Latin into English Verse. By the Rev. Thomas Cradock, Rector of St. Thomas's Parish, Baltimore, Maryland. By permission of the Stationers Company, tendon, printed for Mrs. Ann Cradock, at Wells, in Somersetshire, and sold by R. Ware, on Ludgate Hill. [G. p.1120.]
*-Jupsalt145. 1754. Elizabeth Toilet. Ps. 96 in her Poems on Several Occasions, &c. [H. ii. p. 199J
-Jupsalt146. 1754. Stephen Wheatland and Tipping Sylvester. The Psalms of David translated into Heroic Verse, in as Literal a Manner as Rhyme and Metre will allow. London, printed for S. Birt in Ave Mary Lane, and J. Buckland in Paternoster Row. With Arguments to each Psalm, and Explanatory Notes. Dedicated to His Royal Highness, George, Prince of Wales, etc., by Stephen Wheatland and Tipping Sylvester. [A. p. 60; G. p. 121; H. ii. p. 197.]
*-Jupsalt147. 1754. Anonymous. Ps. 23 in A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Congregation in Margaret Street, Oxford Market.
*-Jupsalt148. 1755. Philip Doddridge, Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures, p. 305, i. -(1766 edition)
*-Jupsalt149. 1755. Mary Masters, p. 718, i.
-Jupsalt150. 1755. Bp. Francis Hare. A
New English Translation of the Psalms from the Original Hebrew, reduced to Metre
by the late Bishop Hare; By Thomas Edward, M.A., Fellow of Clare College,
Cambridge.
Cambridge, printed by J. Bentham, Printer to the University, for B. Dod, in
Ave Mary Lane, London. [G. p. 122.]
-Jupsalt151. 1756, Heary Dell, A Select Collection of the Psalms of David, as Imitated Or Paraphrased by the Most Eminent English Poets, (q.v.).
*-Jupsalt152. 1757. Anonymous. A Paraphrase of Ps. 119, 143, 142, 120, 13, 144, 130, by an "American Gentleman."
*-Jupsalt153. 1757. Thomas Prince. The Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs of
the Old and New Testament, faithfully translated into English Metre. Being the
New England Psalm-Book Revised and Improved, by an Endeavour after a yet nearer
Approach to the Inspired Original, as well as to the Rules of Poetry. By T.
Prince. Boston, N. E., printed by Thomas and John Fleet, at the Heart and Crown
in Cornhill.
This was a revision of the Bay Psalter, p. 119, i. [G. p. 123.]; -(1758
edition)
-Jupsalt154. 1759. George Fenwick. The Psalter in its Original Form, or the Book of Psalms reduced to Lines, in an Easy and Familiar Style, and a kind of Blank Verse in Unequal Measures: answering for the most part to the Original Lines, as supposed to contain each a sentence, or some Entire part of one. With arguments, etc. London, printed for T. Longman, in Paternoster Row. [G. p. 124.]
*-Jupsalt155. 1760. Anne Steele (q.v.).
*-Jupsalt156. 1760, c. William Julius Mickle. Ps. 68. [A. p. 129; H. ii. p. 236.]
-Jupsalt157. 1701. James Gibbs. The First Fifteen Psalms of David, translated into Lyric Verse, &c. [H. ii. p.
*-Jupsalt158. 1761. John Robson. The First Book of the Psalms of David, Translated into English Verse of Heroic Measure, with Arguments and Notes. [H. ii. p. 208.]
*-Jupsalt159. 1763. Mrs. Wharton. Psalms& Hymns. by Mrs. Wharton, 2nd ed., with Appendix. Dr. Bliss had a copy, but the book seems now to be unknown.
*-Jupsalt160. 1764. James Fanch, A Paraphrase on a Select Number of the Psalms of David; Done from the Latin of Buchanan to Which Are Added, Some Occasional Pieces by James Fanch, p. 364, i.
*-Jupsalt161. 1765. James Merrick, The Psalms, Translated Or Paraphrased Into English Verse, p. 725, ii. [G. p. 124.] -(1766 edition)
*-Jupsalt162. 1765. Christopher Smart. A Translation of the Psalms of David, attempted in the Spirit of Christianity, and Adapted to the Divine Service. By Christopher Smart, A.M., Sometime Fellmv of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, and Scholar of the University. London. Printed by Dryden Leach for the author. [G. p. 125.]
*-Jupsalt163. 1765. Christopher Collum and T. Vance. The Psalms in Verse, designed as an improvement on the old versions of the Hebrew. Dublin. A revision of Rous's Version.
*-Jupsalt164. 1767. Reformed Protestant Dutch Psalter. The Psalms of David, with the Ten Commandments, Creed, Lord's Prayer, etc. in Metre, for the use of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the City of New York. New York, printed by James Parker, at the New Printing Office, in Beaver Street. This is mainly from the New Version, "some of the Psalms being transcribed verbatim others altered so as to fit them to the Music in the Dutch Churches." [G. p. 127.]
*-Jupsalt165. 1767. John Barclay, The Psalms. See Scottish Hymnody, $ VIII. 10. [G. p. 129.] -(1776 edition)
*-Jupsalt166. 1768. George Scott. THE PSALMS of DAVID in Metre. Privately printed in Edinburgh.
-Jupsalt167. 1769. Anne Steele (q.v.), in Ash and Evans's Baptist Selection, Bristol.
-Jupsalt168. 1773. James Maxwell, A New Version of the whole Book of Psalms in metre. To which is added, a Supplement of Divine Hymns. [G. p. 128; H. ii. p. 230.] p. 720, i.
*-Jupsalt169. 1776. John Ogilvie. Ps. 148 in Bp. Home's Commentary on the Bk. of Psalms. Previously in Ogilvie's Poems, 1769.
*-Jupsalt170. 1780. Moses Browne, p. 186, i., where it is noted that his paraphrases previously appeared in 1752.
*-Jupsalt171. 1780. Anonymous. Sacred Odes on the Psalms of David, Paraphrased from the Original Hebrew. -(1782 edition)
-Jupsalt172. 1781. Benjamin Williams. The Book of Psalms as Translated, Paraphrased, or Imitated by some of the most eminent English Poets, viz.: Addison, Blacklock, Brady, &c. [16 names in all], and several others. And adapted to Christian Worship in a form The most likely to give general Satisfaction. By Benj. Williams, Salisbury. Printed and sold by Collins and Johnson, MDOCLXXXI. Various versions of each Psalm are given. There are several anonymous. Probably some of these are by the editor. See Unitarian
*-Jupsalt173. 1782. William Cowper, p. 265, i. Ps. 137 in his Poems.
*-Jupsalt174. 1784. Robert Boswell, p. 164, i., and Scottish Hymnody, $ viii. 8. [G. p. 130.]
*-Jupsalt175. 1785. Joel Barlow. See American Hymnody, p. 57, i. (Introduction).
*-Jupsalt176. 1787. George Gregory. Several versions in his tr. of Bp. Lowth's Predectiones Hebraicse. [A. p. 65; and H. ii. p. 253.]
*-Jupsalt177. 1787. George Colman. Ps. 39 in blank verse in his Miscellaneous Works. [H. ii. p. 235.]
*-Jupsalt178. 1787. Rev. - Keen. Two versions in Miscellaneous Pieces by a Clergyman of Northamptonshire.
*-Jupsalt179. 1790. John Ryland, p. 983, i.
*-Jupsalt180. 1790. Thomas May. Three versions in his Poems. [H. ii. p. 258.]
*-Jupsalt181. 1791. Nathaniel Cotton, p. 264, i. Ps. 13, 42, in his Various Pieces in Verse, &c. [A. p. 44; and H. ii. p. 251.]
-Jupsalt182. 1794. The Tingstadius Version. The Psalms of David. A New and Improved Version. London, printed for M. Priestly (late Trapp), Paternoster Row, and J. Matthews, in the Strand, near Charing Cross. [G. p. 131.]
*-Jupsalt183. 1797. William Mason, p. 717, i.
-Jupsalt184. 1797. Elkanan Winchester. The Psalms of David versified from a New Translation, and adapted to Christian Worship. Particularly intended for the use of such Christians as believe in the universal and unbounded Love of God, manifested unto all His fallen creatures by Christ Jesus. London, printed for the Author, and sold by Teulon, No. 100 Houndsditch, &c. [G. p. 132.]; -(The Universalist's Hymn Book; Containing I. Original Hymns ... by E. Winchester. II. An Appendix, Consisting of a Choice Collection of Hymns, from Several Authors, Particularly Designed for the Use of Those Congregations who Believe in the Millenium [sic], and the Universal Restoration, London 1794.)
*-Jupsalt185. 1800. Timothy Dwight, p. 316, ii. (American) -(1817 edition)
*-Jupsalt186. 1800. Robert Burns, p. 197, i.