The Psalter

The Psalms and canticles for the Liturgy of the Hours in a pleasant and accurate English translation. (This second edition has hyperlinks added for Kindle and ebook readers.) From the Introduction: Many have been heard to admit that they find the English version of the Psalms in the Liturgy of the Hours to be flat and uninspiring. Ordinarily a poor quality translation of Scripture would be merely disedifying, but in a liturgy intended—and, for hundreds of thousands, required—to be prayed daily, bad English makes a grating and unpleasant burden out of what should be a joy and delight. In order to restore to the Office the beauty it should hold, here is the text of the Psalter according to the most accurate English translation of Scripture....