The Psalmes of David (Sidney Psalms): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Psalmes of David (Sidney Psalms), credited to Sir Philip Sidney; Mary Sidney Herbert, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The Psalmes of David by Sir Philip Sidney; Mary Sidney Herbert. Read in English by volunteer readers. A poetic version of the Psalms by Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586) and his sister, Mary Sidney Herbert, the Countess of Pembroke (1561-1621). "It is possible that the original Autograph manuscript of Sir Philip Sidney may still exist in the library at Wilton. It would have been desirable to have ascertained this, as it might prove which were versified by him, and which by his sister. This I have not been able to accomplish." Some of the Psalms may have been written by a third party. The Christian Remembrancer magazine for June, 1821 contains a paper by Dr. Cotton on English Psalmody. In speaking of this translation, he says, "By what strange means it has happened that this version has slept in unmerited obscurity for nearly two centuries and a half, I am utterly at a loss to divine. I see in many of them passages of considerable beauty; and notwithstanding the stiffness characteristic of the poetry of the day, there is often peculiar happiness of expression, a nerve and energy, a poetic spirit that might have disarmed, even if it could not extort praise, from the fastidious Warton himself." (Summary from the Advertisement)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Psalmes of David (Sidney Psalms)
• Author credits: Sir Philip Sidney; Mary Sidney Herbert
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 151
• Listed recording duration: 8:04:39

Catalogue topics

• poetry
• Elizabethan
• psalms
• psalter

Opening tracks: first 24 of 151

1. 000 - Title Page and Advertisement — 8:55
2. 001 - Psalm 1. Beatus vir. — 1:54
3. 002 - Psalm 2. Quare fremuerunt gentes? — 1:56
4. 003 - Psalm 3. Domine, quid multiplicati? — 1:53
5. 004 - Psalm 4. Cum invocarem. — 2:06
6. 005 - Psalm 5. Verba mea auribus. — 2:46
7. 006 - Psalm 6. Domine, ne infurore. — 2:23
8. 007 - Psalm 7. Domine, Deus meus. — 3:29
9. 008 - Psalm 8. Domine, Dominus noster. — 1:52
10. 009 - Psalm 9. Confitebor tibi. — 4:12
11. 010 - Psalm 10. Ut quid, Domine? — 4:02
12. 011 - Psalm 11. In Domino confido. — 1:40
13. 012 - Psalm 12. Salvum me fac. — 2:19
14. 013 - Psalm 13. Usque quo, Domine? — 1:14
15. 014 - Psalm 14. Dixit insipiens. — 1:48
16. 015 - Psalm 15. Domine, quis habitabit. — 1:15
17. 016 - Psalm 16. Conserva me. — 1:55
18. 017 - Psalm 17. Exaudi, Domine, justitiam. — 2:51
19. 018 - Psalm 18. Diligam te. — 6:41
20. 019 - Psalm 19. Coeli enarrant. — 3:38
21. 020 - Psalm 20. Exaudiat te Dominus. — 2:23
22. 021 - Psalm 21. Domine, in virtute tua. — 2:22
23. 022 - Psalm 22. Deus, Deus meus. — 5:44
24. 023 - Psalm 23. Dominus regit me. — 1:40

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