OpenPsalter
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I will proclaim the decree of God; ⁕
God said to me: ‘You are my Son; this day have I begotten you.’
The Divine Name
Third-Person Pronouns
The King
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‘He trusted in God; let God deliver him; ⁕
let God deliver him, if God delights in him.’
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The Psalms are for everyone.
The book of Psalms in the Bible — also known as the Psalter — is the prayer book of God's people. Its songs have been prayed and sung by the Church since its earliest days. When we pray them, we become part of something bigger than ourselves.
The Psalter offers us songs of joyful praise and worship, but also desperate pleas for help, and even despair and anger. The psalmist's words aren't polished and presentable — they're real.
In practice, this means that some things in the Psalms can make us uncomfortable when we pray them — and rightfully so. Desire for revenge, and hopelessness, and fear of God's wrath — these prayers are messy, but they reflect very human experiences that we shouldn't try to erase.
But what about when the language is excluding us from praying these prayers as members of the People of God?
OpenPsalter is a personal project created for private prayer and pastoral encouragement.
It's a flexible adaptation of several translations to make the language about God and the psalmist more expansive. Instead of gendered language, options are given for common alternatives that are used in today's speech.
Language preferences can be chosen and changed at any time, by accessing the Preferences pane from the navigation at the top of the screen.
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OpenPsalter is a personal project created for private prayer and pastoral encouragement.
The texts on this site have been heavily adapted from the Common Worship psalter, and are intended to be used by individuals in personal prayer. They should not be downloaded, printed, or used publicly without the permission of the Archbishops' Council.
The Common Worship Psalter is © The Archbishops’ Council of the Church of England, 2000. Common Worship texts are available from the Church of England website:
Additional inspiration has been drawn from the following sources: