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Authors of the 
1562 English and 1564 Scottish Psalters

Information from:
 Rev. J. W. MacMeeken; "The Scottish Metrical Psalms"; 
 Lesmahagow; Glasgow: McCulloch & Co., Printers, 1872
"Printed for Subscribers only"

Cr. - John Craig
Ke. - William Kethe
Hop. - John Hopkins
Mar. - John Markant
Nor. - Thomas Norton
  
Po.- Robert Pont
St. - Thomas Sternhold
Pul.- John Pullain
Wh. - William Whittingham
Wis. - Robert Wisdom
 

1549
44 Psalms

1556
51 Psalms

1560
65 Psalms

1561
87 Psalms

1562
Daye's

1564
Scottish

1

St.

St.

St. St. St. St.

2

St. St. St. St. St. St.

3

St. St. St. St. St. St.

4

St. St. St. St. St. St.

5

St. St. St. St. St. St.

6

St. St. St. St. St. St.

7

St. St. St. St. St. St.

8

St. St. St. St. St. St.

9

St. St. St. St. St. St.

10

St. St. St. St. St. St.

11

St. St. St. St. St. St.

12

St. St. St. St. St. St.

13

St. St. St. St. St. St.

14

St. St. St. St. St. St.

15

St. St. St. St. St. St.

16

St. St. St. St. St. St.

17

St. St. St. St. St. St.

18

        St. St.

19

St. St. St. St. St. St.

20

St. St. St. St. St. St.

21

St. St. St. St. St. St.

22

        St. St.

23

  Wh. Wh. Wh. St. Wh.

24

        Hop. Cr.

25

St. St. St. St. St. St.

26

        Hop. Hop.

27

      Ke. Hop. Ke.

28

St. St. St. St. St. St.

29

St. St. St. St. St. St.

30

Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop.

31

        Hop. Hop.

32

St. St. St. St. St. St.

33

Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop.

34

St. St. St. St. St. St.

35

        Hop. Hop.

36

      Ke. Hop. Ke.

37

    Wh. Wh. Wh. Wh.

38

        Hop. Hop.

39

        Hop. Hop.

40

        Hop. Hop.

41

St.

St.

St.

St.

St. St.

42

Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop.

43

St.

St.

St.

St.

St. St.

44

St.

St.

St.

St.

St. St.

45

        Hop. Hop.

46

        Hop. Hop.

47

     

Ke.

Hop. Ke.

48

        Hop. Hop.

49

St.

St.

St.

St.

St. St.

50

   

Wh.

Wh.

Hop. Wh.

51

 

Wh.

Wh.

Wh.

Wh. Nor

Wh.

52

Hop.

Hop.

Hop.

Hop.

Hop. Hop.

53

        Nor. Nor.

54

     

Ke.

Hop. Ke.

55

        Hop. Hop.

56

        Hop. Cr.

57

        Hop. Po.

58

     

Ke.

Hop. Ke.

59

        Hop. Po.

60

        Hop. Hop.

61

        Hop. Hop.

62

     

Ke.

Hop. Ke.

63

St.

St.

St.

St.

St. St.

64

        Hop. Hop.

65

        Hop. Hop.

66

        Hop. Hop.

67

   

Wisdom Wh.

Wh.

Hop. Wh.

68

St.

St.

St.

St.

St. St.

69

        Hop. Hop.

70

     

Ke.

Hop. Ke.

71

   

Wh.

Wh.

Hop. Wh.

72

        Hop. Hop.

73

St. St. St. St. St. St.

74

        Hop. Hop.

75

        Nor. Cr.

76

        Hop. Po.

77

        Hop. Hop.

78

St. St. St. St. St. St.

79

Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop.

80

        Hop. Po.

81

        Hop. Po.

82

Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop.

83

        Hop. Po.

84

        Hop. Hop.

85

      Ke. Hop. Ke.

86

        Hop. Hop.

87

        Hop. Hop.

88

      Ke. Hop. Ke.

89

        Hop. Hop.

90

      Ke. Hop. Ke.

91

      Ke. Hop. Ke.

92

        Hop. Hop.

93

        Hop. Hop.

94

      Ke. Hop. Ke.

95

    anon   Hop. Hop.

96

        Hop. Hop.

97

        Hop. Hop.

98

        Hop. Hop.

99

        Hop. Hop.

100

      Ke. *** Ke.

101

      Ke. Nor. Ke.

102

        Nor. Cr.

103

St. St. St. St. St. St.

104

      Ke. Ke. Ke.

105

        Nor. Cr.

106

        Nor. Nor.

107

      Ke. Ke. Ke.

108

        Nor. Cr.

109

        Nor. Nor.

110

        Nor. Cr.

111

      Ke. Ke. Ke.

112

      Ke. Ke. Ke.

113

      Ke. Ke. Ke.

114

  Wh. Wh. Wh. Wh. Wh.

115

  Wh. Wh. Wh. Nor. Wh.

116

        Nor. Nor.

117

        Nor. Cr.

118

        Mar. Cr.

119

    Wh. Wh. Wh. Wh.

120

St. St. St. St. St. St.

121

    Wh. Wh. Wh. Wh.

122

      Ke. Ke. Ke.

123

St. St. St. St. St. St.

124

    Wh. Wh. Wh. Wh.

125

    Wis. Ke. Ke. Ke.

126

      Ke. Ke. Ke.

127

    Wh. Wh. Wh. Wh.

128

St. St. St. St. St. St.

129

    Wh. Wh. Nor. Wh.

130

  Wh. Wh. Wh. Wh. Wh.

131

        Markant Mar.

132

        Mar. Cr.

133

  Wh. Wh. Wh. Wh. Wh.

134

      Ke. Ke. Ke.

135

        Mar. Mar.

136

        Nor. Cr.

137

  Wh. Wh. Wh. Wh. Wh.

138

      Ke. Nor. Ke.

139

        Nor. Nor.

140

        Nor. Cr.

141

        Nor. Cr.

142

     

Ke.

Nor. Ke.

143

        Nor. Cr.

144

        Nor. Nor.

145

        Nor. Cr.

146

Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop.

147

        Nor. Nor.

148

    Pul. Pul. Pul. Pul.

149

    Pul. Pul. Nor. Pul.

150

        Nor. Nor.

 
The Psalters

1549 Original Thomas Sternhold versifications, with introduction and 7 Psalms by Hopkins.
1556 First Geneva edition. Seven new Psalms by Whittingham.
1560 Second Geneva edition. Additional Psalms by Whittingham, Pulain and Wisdom
1561 Final Geneva edition. First Psalms by Kethe.A version was also being published in England by this date.
1562 Complete English Psalter, published by Daye in London. This is the one we now know as Sternhold and Hopkins or "The Old Version. Published in hundreds of editions for almost 300 years.
1564 Complete Scottish Psalter. Last edition published in 1635. Replaced by the 1650 Scottish Psalter.
*** attribution of Psalm 100 in the 1562 English Psalter .
 

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