Sustaining Practices of Psalmody

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Philip F. Reinders, Seeking God's Face: Praying with the Bible Through the Year (Grand Rapids: Faith Alive Christian Resources, 2010), 7. This is from Eugene Peterson's foreword to the book.

John D. Witvliet, The Biblical Psalms in Christian Worship: A Brief Introduction and Guide to Resources (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007), xiii.

A review of these three types was also explored in my chapter “Singing Psalm 29 Faithfully,” in Psalm 29 Through Time and Tradition, ed. L. Handy (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock), 99–114.

Calvin Stapert, “Chanting to the Heavens,” Perspectives (1994): 5–6.

For a more in-depth discussion of the sources of Genevan texts and tunes, see Emily R. Brink, “A Reformed Approach to Psalmody: The Legacy of the Genevan Psalter,” The Hymn 56:1 (2005): 16–25.

Personal correspondence by e-mail on May 12, 2011.

“Nyanyikanlah nyanyian,” st. 1 of a 2009 Indonesian setting of Psalm 148 by Tilly Lubis to a traditional Batak melody, included with a 2011 English versification by David Diephouse, “Hallelujah! Sing Praise to Your Creator,” in Psalms for All Seasons: A Complete Psalter for Worship (Grand Rapids: Faith Alive Christian Resources, 2012), 148E. An excellent Indonesian recording of this psalm is included on the CD Lihatlah Sekelilingmu, available from YAMUGER at www.yamuger.or.id (accessed 1/30/2012).

Eelco Vos and The Psalm Project, Psalms Unplugged, © 2010. Compact disc. Available from www.thepsalmproject.com.

Michael Morgan, “Once in Royal David's City, When the King Was in Distress,” © 2011 by Michael Morgan, in Psalms for All Seasons: A Complete Psalter for Worship, ed. M. Tel, J. Borger, & J. D. Witvliet (Grand Rapids: Brazos, Baker Publishing Group, 2012), 132B. Based on Psalm 132.

“Introduction,” Psalms for All Seasons. Available at http://psalmsforallseasons.org/content/introduction (accessed 3/19/2012).

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Emily R. Brink

Emily R. Brink is a senior research fellow at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and a fellow of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. She was editor of three hymnals, including the 1987 Psalter Hymnal that begins with an entire metrical psalter. She was founding editor of Reformed Worship and is the current chair of the Consultation on Common Texts.