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​Psalms for All Seasons

A Complete Psalter For Worship

Indexes and Appendixes

Indexes
There are many settings of the Psalms contained between the covers of Psalms for All Seasons that are intended to be spoken or intended to combine speaking and singing in different ways. Use these indexes to find what you are looking for!

​Responsorial Settings
Prayers
Litanies
Other Readings

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Appendixes
Psalms for All Seasons contains many additional resources that are there to help you in planning worship. The follow represent just a sampling of what is available in the book.

​Psalms in the Revised Common Lectionary
The Revised Common Lectionary
Index of Genre and Musical Styles
 

​Responsorial Settings

All the Psalms that appear in the Revised Common Lectionary are in Psalms for All Seasons as a Responsorial Setting, containing at least one refrain, at least one tone, and pointed text of the Psalm for chanting. The following are the setting numbers for these settings.
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​1B
2D
4B
5B
6B
8E
9A
13E
14B
15C
16D
17A
19C
20B
22D
23G
24D
25A
26A
27F
27H

29D
30B
31C
32B
33A
34A
36A
37B
40A
41B
42F
43C
45B
46D
47F
48B
49A
50B
51G
52B
54A

57B
62D
63A
64B
65C
66D
67C
68B
69C
70B
71C
72C
77D
78D
79A
80A
81A
82B
84F
85C
86B

89B
90C
91D
92D
93B
95E
96C
97C
98B
99B
100F
101A
103G
104G
105B
106B
107C
111C
112B
113A
114C

116D
118B
118G
119G
119H
119I
119J
119K
119L
119M
121D
122D
121D
123A
124C
125A
126B
127B
128B
130B
131C

132C
133E
136D
137C
138B
139C
141F
143B
145D
146B
147A
148G
149A
150G
 

​Prayers

Psalms for All Seasons contains many prayers that draw on the thematic material or another significant part of the Psalm that it is paired with.

Prayers can be found:

  • following each NRSV Psalm (the first thing that appears for each Psalm)
  • Morning Prayers, Noon Prayers, Evening Prayers, or Night Prayers on pages 1030-1051
  • Service of Prayer for a Meeting, Class, or Conference on page 1052

​See the following as well:

6C: A Prayer of Lament in Solidarity with Sufferers
13A: A Prayer of Distress
14C: A Prayer of Confession
15E: A Prayer of Confession
41A: A Prayer for Trying Times
51J: Prayer of Confession 1
51K: Prayer of Confession 2
64C: A Prayer for Refugees
78B: A Prayer for Teachers of Children
87C: A Prayer for the Nations
89C: A Prayer of Remembrance and Hope
97D: A Christmas Prayer of Praise
120C: O God of Love, Forever Blest
126C: A Prayer for Deliverance
127C: A Prayer of Trust for Psalms 127 and 131
130H: A Prayer of Hope
131A: A Prayer of Surrender and Trust
141G: A Prayer at Bedtime
145A: A Table Prayer
146E: A Prayer for Illumination
147F: A Prayer of Praise
 

Litanies

Psalms for All Seasons also contains litanies that draw the language of the Psalms into litanies that are appropriate for different liturgical and personal occasions
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1D: A Litany for the Renewal of Baptismal Vows
2E: A Litany for Responsible Exercise of Authority
31E: A Litany for Good Friday
35A: Litany for the Slandered
102B: A Litany for the Sick or Dying
104A: A Litany of Praise
105A: Recalling God’s Faithfulness: A Litany
115A: A Litany of Praise
122C: A Litany for Peace in Places of Conflict
 

Other Readings

Psalms for All Seasons contains many settings that combine text and music in different ways.
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2B: A Dramatized Reading
5C: Hear My Words, O Lord
22C: Psalm 22:1-11, 22-29 A Scripted Reading
28B: A Scripted Reading of Psalms 1 and 28
49C: Let Not the Wise Glory in Their Wisdom
68A: Approach Our God with Songs of Praise
73B: In Sweet Communion, Lord, with You
73C: Why Do the Powerful Have it So Good?
74A: Hymn: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
81C: Sing a Psalm of Joy!
88A: Dans nos obscurities/ Within Our Darkest Night
90B: O God, Our Help in Ages Past
118F: The Right Hand of God
118I: Psalm 118:14-24 A Paraphrase for Easter
119F: Order My Steps
120A: O Lord, Deliver Me from Liars
121G: A Benediction
137B: A Reflection
144A: Hymn: O Morning Star, O Radiant Sun
 

Appendix: Psalms in the Revised Common Lectionary

On pages 1068-1076 in Psalms for All Seasons you will find information about the Psalms in the Revised Common Lectionary.

​The psalm and psalm portions that appear as Sunday or Festival readings in the Revised Common Lectionary are listed in Psalms for All Seasons in biblical order. Each psalm is organized by year, season, and the day on which the reading occurs. Psalms designated as complementary readings during Ordinary Time after Pentecost are shown in italics. 
 

Appendix: The Revised Common Lectionary

A lectionary is a schedule of Scripture readings arranged and intended for proclamation during worship. The Revised Common Lectionary is a three-year schedule prepared by the Consultation on Common Texts, an ecumenical consultation of liturgical scholars and denominational representatives from the United States and Canada who produce liturgical texts for use in common by North American Christian churches. The lectionary presented here is adapted from the Revised Common Lectionary, © 1992 by the Consultation on Common Texts and used with permission.

The three years (designated A, B, and C) include several Scripture readings for each Sunday: an Old Testament reading; a psalm, preferably sung, which serves as a congregational response to the Old Testament reading; a reading from one of the New Testament epistles; and, finally, a reading from one of the four gospels—Matthew in Year A, Mark in Year B, and Luke in Year C. Readings from the Gospel of John are included in all three years. Over the three years, at least one reading from each book of the Bible is included.

​For the Sundays following Pentecost, there are two suggested readings from the Old Testament: one that is chosen to set up a semicontinuous set of readings through the Old Testament over several weeks, and one (listed in italics) that continues the pattern of offering Old Testament readings that are complementary to the New Testament readings. The term complementary here means that the juxtaposition of the Old Testament and New Testament readings is theologically significant in some way. However, it is important to understand that the inter-relationships among texts throughout the lectionary come in several forms: some combinations of Old Testament and New Testament readings explore contrasting themes, while others explore the same theme or image; some feature an Old Testament prophecy and its New Testament fulfillment, while others feature an Old Testament narrative that is a type or pattern echoed in a New Testament narrative or parable.

​You can find the Revised Common Lectionary on pages 1058-1067 of Psalms for All Seasons.
 

Index of Genre and Musical Styles

The following index highlights the diversity of the major musical and textual traditions represented in this Psalter. Its aim is to help congregations and worship leaders identify those settings that are most accessible in their context, as well as particular settings that might stretch or challenge them. Whenever possible, this guide refers to an entry (name or publication) in the Index of Authors, Composers, and Sources (see pp. 1097-1101) rather than to specific instances. Any endeavor to distinguish unique traditions or genres is complicated by the fact that some individual composers or poets contribute to more than one tradition or genre, and some musical examples reflect multiple stylistic influences. Nevertheless, this guide offers a sketch of the primary traditions and styles included in this volume.

This index is found on pages 1102-1104 in Psalms for All Seasons. The Index of Authors, Composers, and Sources is found on pages 1097-1101.

Genres and Traditions of Musical Settings
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Eastern Orthodox Chant
See 20B, 27H (Alt. Ref.), 51 J; 141D, “You Have Come to Your People” (p. 1013), “The Lord’s Prayer: Our Father in Heaven” (p. 1034), Prayers of the People (p. 1043).

Gregorian Chant and other Medieval Traditions
See 10A, 74A, 104G (Alt. Ref.), 149A (Alt. Ref.), 150H, General Refrain 1 (p. 1054).

16th Century Genevan Psalter
See Genevan Psalter

Lutheran Chorale Tradition
See contributions from Johann S. Bach, the 1524 Enchiridia, Freylinghausen’s Geistreiches Gesangbuch, Severus Gastorius, the 1666 Gesangbuch, Hans Leo Hassler, Nikolaus Herman, Jakob Hintze, Martin Luther, Michael Praetorius, Melchoir Vulpius.

17th-18th Century American
See William Billings, William B. Bradbury, William H. Doane, Funk’s A Compilation of Genuine Church Music, Kentucky Harmony, William J. Kirkpatrick, Lowell Mason, The Sacred Harp, Walkers’s Southern Harmony, Wyeth’s Repository of Sacred Music.

​Afro-American Spirituals
See Afro-American spirituals

Traditional Hymn Tunes from England and Continental Europe
See contributions by George N. Allen, J. L. Macbeth Bain, Ludwig van Beethoven, William U. Butcher, Jeremiah Clarke, William Croft, Henry S. Cutler, John Darwall, John B. Dykes, John D. Edwards, George J. Elvey, Charles H. Gabriel, John Hatton, Franz Joseph Haydn, Johann Michael Haydn, Jessie Seymour Irvine, George Kirbye, Conrad Kocher, James Langran, William Lloyd, Charles Lockhart, Frederick Charles Maker, William H. Monk, Henry K. Oliver, Joseph Parry, Charles H. Purday, Richard Redhead, Lewis H. Redner, William F. Sherman, James Walch, Walter G. Whinfield, Thomas J. Williams.

English and North American Cathedral Traditions
See contributions by William Boyce, Richard Dirksen, Henry J. Guantlet, Orlando Gibbons, John Goss, Charles F. Gounod, Gustav Holst, Herbert Howells, Gordon Jacob, Frederick A. Gore Ouseley, C. Hubert H. Parry, Charles Villiers Stanford, Arthur S. Sullivan, Thomas Tallis, Samuel S. Wesley, Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Recently Written Responsorial Psalmody
See contributions by Ben Allaway, Mary Kay Beall, Lorraine Brugh, James Hart Brumm, AnnaMae Meyer Bush, Shannon Cerneka, Rory Cooney, Lucien Deiss, Gregg DeMey, Ann Celeen Dohms, Andrew Donaldson, Bernadette Farrell, Alfred V. Fedak, John Foley, Michael Guimont, David Haas, Rawn Harbor, Marty Haugen, Mike Hay, Robert Hobby, Jeffrey Honoré, Hal H. Hopson, Julie Howard, Bob Hurd, Orin Johnson, J. Michael Joncas, David Lee, James V. Marchionda, John Michaels, Andrew Moore, James E. Moore Jr., Fintan O’Carroll, Val Parker, Betty Carr Pulkingham, Susan Sayers, Daniel L. Schutte, Martin Tel, Robert J. Thompson, Christopher Walker, Steven C. Warner, Jay Wilkey.

Recently Written Hymn-Like Tunes for Metrical Settings
See contributions by John Barnard, John L. Bell, James E. Clemens, Carol Doran, Alfred V. Fedak, Henry Bryan Hays O. S. B., Timothy Hoekman, Roy Hopp, David N. Johnson, Ken Medema, Christopher Norton, Iteke Prins, Clayton J. Schmit, Randall Sensmeier, Christian Strover, Larry Visser, James Ward, Norman L. Warren.

Settings from Contemporary or Popular Worship Music from the 1970s and 1980s
See contributions by Brent Chambers, Dave Doherty, Eddie Espinosa, Les Garrett, Graham  Kendrick, Michael Ledner, Edith McNeill, Martin Nystrom, David Peacock, Donn  Thomas, James Ward, Charles Williams, David G. Wilson.

Settings from Contemporary or Popular Worship Music from the 1990s and 2000s
See contributions by Bruce Benedict, Barbara Boertje, Karl Digerness, Brian Doerksen,  Noel Donnelly, Isaac Everett, Kristyn Getty, Luke Hyder, Darwin Jordan, Bob Kauflin,  Aaron Keyes, Ken Medema, Christopher Miner, Karen  Mitchinson, Steve Mitchinson,  Craig Musseau, Andy Park, Daphne Rademaker, Matt Redman, Greg Scheer, Paul Thé, Stuart Townend, Eelco Vos, Tommy Walker; see also responsorial settings by Gregg DeMey Julie Howard, John Michaels, Betty Carr Pulkingham.

Settings from the Spectrum of Afro-American Gospel Music
See contributions by Lillian Bouknight, Glenn Burleigh, J. Jefferson Cleveland, Andraé  Crouch, Margaret J. Douroux, Rawn Harbor, Isaiah Jones Jr., Brenda Joyce Moore, Val Parker, Leon C.  Roberts, Richard Smallwood; see also 100B (p. 626).

Settings from the Spectrum of Jazz Styles
See contributions from Angel Napieralski, Daniel Richardson, Sheldon W. Sorge, Tammy Wiens.

Settings from Contemporary Communities of Prayer and Renewal
See contributions from The Iona Community, The Community of Taizé, John L. Bell, Jacques Berthier.

Settings from Latin America and Southern North American Countries
  • Argentina: 133D
  • Brazil: 30D
  • Caribbean: 118F, 150G (Alt. Ref. 2)
  • Ecuador: 145C
  • El Salvador: 94A
  • Honduras: 147A
  • Mexico: 42A, 150D
  • Paraguay: 9A
  • Puerto Rico: 133B
  • See also contributions by Simei Monteiro, Pablo Sosa, Fr. Alberto Taulé
  • Note: several of the Spanish-language contributions derive from one or more Central or South American country (see below, p. 1104).

Settings from the Middle and Near East
  • Israeli, Hasidic, and other Jewish melodies: 24E, 30C, 78C, 78D, 111D, 125C, 137C, 137D
  • Pakistan and/or India: 51G (Alt. Ref. 1), 61B, 95F, 96A, 100D, 150C, General Refrain 6 (p.  1054)

Settings from Eastern Europe
  •  Czeckoslavakia (melody): 27 J
  • Latvia (melody): 12A, 129A, 137A
  • Russia: 110B, 117F, 128A, 130F

Settings from Africa
  • Egypt: “The Lord’s Prayer: Abana Alathi Fi Ssama” (p. 1049)
  • Ghana: 51K
  • Malawi: 4B (Alt. Ref.), 81A
  • Swahili/Kiyaha: 136G
  • Yoruba people (Nigeria): 47D
  • Zimbabwe: 66B

Settings from Asia
  • Indonesia:146B (Alt. Ref. 2), 148E
  • Japan: 71B (tune)
  • Korea: 42C, 121F
  • Philippines: 51L, 96E, 120B, 147B
  • Taiwan: 100E, 117A
  • Thailand: 1C
  • See also contributions by Francisco F. Feliciano, Swee Hong Lim, I-toh Loh 

Genres and Traditions of Texts

16th- to Early 20th Century Metrical Psalmody
See contributions by Henry Williams Baker, Robert Grant, George Herbert, William Kethe, Henry F. Lyte, John Milton, James Montgomery, John Newton, Isaac Watts, Charles Wesley, entries from Psalter (1887), Psalter (1912), Scottish Psalter.

Metrical Settings Written Since 1960
See contributions by Fred R. Anderson, Carol Bechtel, John L. Bell, Ken Bible, John Carter, Carl P. Daw Jr., David J. Diephouse, Andrew Donaldson, Arlo D. Duba, Ruth C. Duck, Timothy Dudley-Smith, John G. Dunn, Bernadette Farrell, Doug Gay, Gracia Grindal, Bev Herrema, Christopher Idle, Willard F. Jabusch, David Landegent, Richard Leach, Martin Leckebusch, Michael Morgan, David Mowbray, Helen Otte, Joy F. Patterson, Ian Pitt-Watson, Michael Perry, Bert Polman, Marie J. Post, David G. Preston, James Quinn S. J., Ada Roeper-Boulogne, Michael Saward, James E. Seddon, Calvin Seerveld, Scott Soper, Sheldon W. Sorge, Stephen P. Starke, Henrietta Ten Harmsel, Adam M. L. Tice, Stuart Townend, Clarence P. Walhout, Christopher L. Webber, Dewey Westra, Rae E. Whitney, Tammy Wiens, Stanley Wiersma, Paul Wigmore, Barbara Woollett, David Wright, Henry Zylstra.

Texts in Languages Other than English
  • Arabic: “The Lord’s Prayer: Abana Alathi Fi Ssama” (p. 1049)
  • Chinese:  88A, 100A
  • Dutch: 100A, 148G
  • Filipino: 120B
  • French: 88A, 100A
  • German: 88A, 100A
  • Greek: 51 J, 51K
  • Hebrew: 92B
  • Hungarian: 88A, 100A
  • Indonesian: 100A, 146B (Alt. Ref. 2), 148E
  • Japanese: 100A
  • Korean: 23C, 42C, 88A, 100A, 121F
  • Latin: 71C (Alt. Ref.), 85B, 100G, 117B, 118C, 118 J, 122C (Alt. Ref.)
  • Muscogee: 146B (Alt. Ref.)
  • Paraguayan: 9A
  • Portuguese: 30D
  • Punjabi: 100D, 150C
  • Shona: 66B
  • Spanish: 1E, 20A, 23C, 23I, 27G, 29B, 30B, 31D, 34C, 42A, 46B, 51A, 51E, 51M, 65C(Alt. Ref.), 72D, 88A, 91C, 100A, 103G, 117D, 121C, 133B, 133D, 139F, 141F, 145C, 150D
  • Swahili: 88A, 100A, 136G
  • Taiwanese: 100E, 117A
  • Tamil: 61B
  • Thai: 1C
  • Urdhu: 51G (Alt. Ref. 1)
  • Xhosa: 51G (Alt. Ref. 2)

Settings Especially Appropriate for Children
  • 23K, 24C, 24E, 31B, 46D, 49C, 57B, 73A, 81B, 92B, 100G, 118B, 118K, 120A, 121 I,  134B, 136G, 150H
  • In addition, the majority of refrains associated with responsorial psalms are well-suited to children.

Spoken Texts
  • For Litanies see "Litany," First Lines and Common Titles, p. 1123.
  • For Prayers see "Prayer," First Lines and Common Titles, p. 1126; see also 97D and 145A.
  • For Additional Spoken Texts see 2B, 22C, 28B, 81C, 118 I, 121G and 137B.
  • Prayers, Litanies, and the Lord’s Prayer are also embedded in the Services of Prayer, pp. 1030-1052.
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