Psalter, The

To provide a uniform metrical version of the Psalms for North America’s churches, and to win back lost territory for the cause of Psalmody, a bold initiative was launched by the United Presbyterian Church of North America in 1893. Representatives of nine denominations in the United States and Canada worked together to produce a new metrical version first published in 1905. Heavily reworked, the final text was published as the Joint Committee’s Version of 1909. Furnished with a rich array of tunes, The Psalter was finally published in 1912.

This 2025 edition of The Psalter has been revised to improve completeness and faithfulness to Scripture, remove unnecessary overlap in tunes and Psalms, ensure poetic value, replace archaic or unfamiliar words, ensure effective meter and rhyme, and ensure the use of appropriate New Testament idioms for Christ.

This edition has been bound together with the doctrinal standards, liturgy, and church order of the Protestant Reformed Churches in America.

718 pages.