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hymn tunes. An early metrical version of the psalm in English was made in 1565 by Thomas Sternhold. Other notable metrical versions to emerge from this

Collected into English Meter. In addition to metrical versions of all 150 psalms, the volume included versified versions of the Apostles' Creed, the Magnificat

second edition of 1698). As well as the 150 Psalms they also wrote metrical versions of the Lord's Prayer and the Apostles' Creed. It was dedicated to

righteousness for His name's sake" (King James Bible, 1604), or in the metrical version "e'en for His own name's sake" (Rous 1641, Scottish Psalter 1650, see

the revised text of Dindorf with notes and extracts from the best metrical versions, Vol. II. London: George Bell and Sons. p. 541 (footnote 6). Retrieved

English satirist, was educated by John Hopkins, the part-author of the metrical version of the Psalms. He lived at Gray's Inn and Barnard's Inn, London. In

published at all. In 1630, a metrical version in three parts was published that continues Tom's adventures. Other versions paint a different picture to

contained both Latin versions and German translations and also included a translation of Rinuccio da Castiglione (or d'Arezzo)'s version from the Greek of

in the Church of Scotland by reformer John Knox in 1564, contained metrical versions of all the Psalms, adapted from John Calvin's Genevan Psalter (1539)

Bimbisara. Like Dipavamsa, it omits Chandragupta's name altogether. The metrical version of Ashokavadana contains a similar genealogy with some variations.