James Merrick

Introduction
James Merrick (1720–1769) wrote a collection of metrical versions of the psalms: these were written in continuous verse, rather than in stanzas for singing. After his death, they were arranged into stanzas by the Rev. William Dechair Tattersall, and published in this form. These texts were later set to music in Improved Psalmody (1794), a collection compiled by Tattersall, for which he commissioned the leading musicians of the time (including Haydn) to write the tunes.

Texts

 * James Merrick Psalm 10
 * James Merrick Psalm 24
 * James Merrick Psalm 26
 * James Merrick Psalm 35
 * James Merrick Psalm 39
 * James Merrick Psalm 41
 * James Merrick Psalm 50
 * James Merrick Psalm 69
 * James Merrick Psalm 122