A few years ago I wanted to write music for Psalm 95 for use on Christ the King Sunday, and I started looking for a good metrical setting.  The poetry I chose was from Michael Morgan's Psalter for Christian Worship (Witherspoon Press, 1999).  Michael's lyrical and musical use of language inspired my imagination and I have returned to his poetry again and again.  All of the musical settings listed below use Michael's poetry, and I deeply appreciate his permission to use the texts here.

This collection has two sorts of settings: Psalms in an anthem style which would be sung by the choir, and Psalms in a hymn style which are meant to be sung by the congregation, at least on some verses.

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Psalms in Numerical Order:

 

The following breakdown of the styles of the Psalm settings may be helpful to you.