The first Englishman to translate select psalms into English meter was my ancestor, Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder, who versified the six penitential psalms around 1540, later published in 1594 under the title Certain Psalms. They can be read here:

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Andrew Myers
Husband of Jessica, Father of Jackson, Katie and Samuel
Member, Presbyterian Reformed Church of Northern Virginia
Warrenton, VA USA
Editor, The Matthew Poole Project

"Let your Morning Thoughts, and your last Evening Thoughts, be what shall become of you to all Eternity." -- Matthew Poole

SIR Thomas? Hoity toity. How noble of you, Sir Andrew!

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Dennis E. McFadden, Ex Mainline Baptist (in Remission)
Atherton Baptist Homes, CEO
First Baptist Church of Alhambra, Member, Transformation Ministries (CA)

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Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder and Younger were both remarkable men in a remarkable time in English history. They had their weaknesses as well as strengths. I find the metrical psalmody facet of Wyatt's poetic efforts to be quite fascinating both historically and for personal reasons.

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Andrew Myers
Husband of Jessica, Father of Jackson, Katie and Samuel
Member, Presbyterian Reformed Church of Northern Virginia
Warrenton, VA USA
Editor, The Matthew Poole Project

"Let your Morning Thoughts, and your last Evening Thoughts, be what shall become of you to all Eternity." -- Matthew Poole