The Psalms of
David in Metre
Special contents and arrangement of this edition
Copyright © 1991 by
Presbyterian Heritage Publications
The text for this edition is based upon The
Psalms of David, in Metre: Allowed by the Authority of the Kirk of
Scotland, and of Several Branches of the Presbyterian Church in the United
States; with Notes, Exhibiting the Connexion, Explaining the Sense, and for
Directing and Animating the Devotion: by John Brown, Late Minister of the
Gospel at Haddington (Philadelphia: Hogan
& Thompson, 1841). The publisher has also consulted the first edition
(Edinburgh, 1775). The text of the Scottish Metrical Psalms was authorized by
the Church of Scotland in 1650.
References originally in Roman numerals have been changed to Arabic
numerals. The Preface and Notes are by John Brown. The Topical Table of the
Psalms was included in the American edition (1841), without attribution. The
present publisher has provided the Glossary, Metrical Index, and Index of First
and Familiar Lines.
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