Many alternative and emerging church communities have begun exploring ancient music and liturgical traditions despite a lack of high-quality, published liturgical music which does not require (or even desire) an organ and a four-part choir. The Emergent Psalter serves to provide that resource. Featuring music written for two emerging communities (Transmission in New York and Church of the Apostles in Seattle), this book is an excellent resource for anyone producing an alternative worship service or thinking of starting one.

On Isaac Everett’s performance at the 2006 General Convention:
“The worship this morning was absolutely wonderful. The music, much of it written by Isaac Everett… was exceedingly powerful.”
—Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori

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Isaac Everett has served as artist-in-residence at the Church of the Epiphany in New York, a company member of Storahtelling, and the co-founder of Transmission, an underground church in New York City.

Lacey Brown has performed with Orchestra Seattle, Thalia Orchestra, Grace Experimental Orchestra, and various Seattle rock bands. She is musical director at Church of the Apostles in Seattle.

J. Snodgrass, long-time collaborator with Isaac Everett, is a playwright, composer, and comic artist of Biblical stories.

Click here to download a .zip file containing a complete set of PDFs of all 150 psalms in The Emergent Psalter. [PLEASE NOTE: This .zip file is approximately 53MB and may take several minutes to download, depending on your connection speed.]

Click on any of the links below to download individual PDFs for the psalms featured in The Emergent Psalter.

• Psalm 1
• Psalm 2
• Psalm 3
• Psalm 4
• Psalm 5
• Psalm 6
• Psalm 7
• Psalm 8
• Psalm 9
• Psalm 10
• Psalm 11
• Psalm 12
• Psalm 13
• Psalm 14
• Psalm 15
• Psalm 16
• Psalm 17
• Psalm 18
• Psalm 19
• Psalm 20
• Psalm 21
• Psalm 22
• Psalm 23
• Psalm 24
• Psalm 25
• Psalm 26
• Psalm 27
• Psalm 28
• Psalm 29
• Psalm 30
• Psalm 31
• Psalm 32
• Psalm 33
• Psalm 34
• Psalm 35
• Psalm 36
• Psalm 37
• Psalm 38
• Psalm 39
• Psalm 40
• Psalm 41
• Psalm 42
• Psalm 43
• Psalm 44
• Psalm 45
• Psalm 46
• Psalm 47
• Psalm 48
• Psalm 49
• Psalm 50
• Psalm 51
• Psalm 52
• Psalm 53
• Psalm 54
• Psalm 55
• Psalm 56
• Psalm 57
• Psalm 58
• Psalm 59
• Psalm 60
• Psalm 61
• Psalm 62
• Psalm 63
• Psalm 64
• Psalm 65
• Psalm 66
• Psalm 67
• Psalm 68
• Psalm 69
• Psalm 70
• Psalm 71
• Psalm 72
• Psalm 73
• Psalm 74
• Psalm 75
• Psalm 76
• Psalm 77
• Psalm 78
• Psalm 79
• Psalm 80
• Psalm 81
• Psalm 82
• Psalm 83
• Psalm 84
• Psalm 85
• Psalm 86
• Psalm 87
• Psalm 88
• Psalm 89
• Psalm 90
• Psalm 91
• Psalm 92
• Psalm 93
• Psalm 94
• Psalm 95
• Psalm 96
• Psalm 97
• Psalm 98
• Psalm 99
• Psalm 100
• Psalm 101
• Psalm 102
• Psalm 103
• Psalm 104
• Psalm 105
• Psalm 106
• Psalm 107
• Psalm 108
• Psalm 109
• Psalm 110
• Psalm 111
• Psalm 112
• Psalm 113
• Psalm 114
• Psalm 115
• Psalm 116
• Psalm 117
• Psalm 118
• Psalm 119:1-16
• Psalm 119:17-32
• Psalm 119:33-48
• Psalm 119:49-64
• Psalm 119:65-80
• Psalm 119:81-96
• Psalm 119:97-112
• Psalm 119:113-128
• Psalm 119:129-144
• Psalm 119:145-160
• Psalm 119:161-176
• Psalm 119: hymn accompaniment
• Psalm 120
• Psalm 121
• Psalm 122
• Psalm 123
• Psalm 124
• Psalm 125
• Psalm 126
• Psalm 127
• Psalm 128
• Psalm 129
• Psalm 130
• Psalm 131
• Psalm 132
• Psalm 133
• Psalm 134
• Psalm 135
• Psalm 136
• Psalm 137
• Psalm 138
• Psalm 139
• Psalm 140
• Psalm 141
• Psalm 142
• Psalm 143
• Psalm 144
• Psalm 145
• Psalm 146
• Psalm 147
• Psalm 148
• Psalm 149
• Psalm 150

Praise for The Emergent Psalter:

One would expect a liturgical psalter with the word Emergent in the title to be a study in contrasts and it doesn't disappoint. Isaac is a scholar who understands and appreciates the tradition of psalm singing in the life of the church, but he is also eager to present psalmody in a style that is accessible. He is deeply aware of the interpretive power of musical sound but also wants tunes that worshipers will grasp intuitively. He respects the tradition of the liturgical use of psalms over the course of the Christian year but provides a resource that is flexible. Worship planners in a wide variety of cultural contexts will find The Emergent Psalter a very useful tool.                                                  

The Rev. Dr. Clayton L. Morris, Former Staff Officer for Liturgical and Spiritual Resources, The Episcopal Church Center

In keeping with many in the emerging church, Isaac has turned back to the tradition to bring something out of the treasure house of tradition and given it his own contemporary flabour. This Psalter is a huge piece of work, a labour of love. The Psalms continue to be a wonderful repertoire for worship covering a range of themes in liturgy and song that many modern song books simply avoid. I hope this Psalter helps them live again in many Christian communities.

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Isaac Everett's Emergent Psalter is clearly a work of love. Springing from the life of a young, emergent congregation, it embodies the best of old and new, and it is a sign of maturity in our important movement.

Tony Jones (tonyj.net), author of The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier

The Emergent Psalter invites lovers of liturgy and its renewal, regardless of their faith, to discover an ancient poem sung as a new song. Isaac Everett's passion for the psalms is matched by his careful attention to scholarly detail.

Amichai Lau-Lavie, Executive Director, Storahtelling, Inc.

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Emergent Psalter Blends Ancient with Innovative;
Author Offering Free Music Samples via Lectionary Podcasts
   
(New York, NY) – The Psalms rank as one of Christianity’s oldest liturgical treasures, while the Emergent Church movement ranks as one of its newest developments.  Blend these two together and the result is a unique and original new take on church music:

The Emergent Psalter, by Isaac Everett
978-0-89869-617-2  $25.00  256 pages  6 X 9  Church Publishing
**Review copies, interviews, and excerpts available on request.**

The author is currently offering selections from The Emergent Psalter in a variety of styles as a free weekly podcast on his website: http://www.isaaceverett.com.  Each week includes an interview with a guest and a recording of the psalm in a variety of styles, including rock, electronica, and a capella chant.  Episodes are released each Monday and cover the Psalm for the following Sunday's lectionary.

“Many alternative and emerging church communities are exploring ancient liturgical practices like psalmody, but very little music has been written with them in mind,” says Everett, an accomplished musician, songwriter, and performing artist who is also a trained theologian.  “The Emergent Psalter grew out of a need for strong psalm melodies that we could do in a variety of styles, and we've played this music in rock clubs, cathedrals, living rooms, and protest marches.  It's written for anyone interested in psalm-singing or innovative worship.”

This groundbreaking collection of psalm antiphons and commentary from Everett includes contributions from two other leading songwriters in the Emergent Church community, Lacey Brown and j Snodgrass, as well as The Psalters, a nomadic community of musicians. 

The new book can be ordered through any Episcopal, religious, or secular bookstore; through any online bookseller, on the author’s website, or direct from the publisher by calling 800-242-1918 or by visiting www.churchpublishing.org.

Isaac Everett is a musician and recording artist, the co-founder of Transmission, an underground church in New York City, and a graduate of Union Theological Seminary. Contributors include Lacey Brown, musical director at Church of the Apostles in Seattle and j Snodgrass, a lyricist, playwright, and Everett's long-time songwriting partner. To listen to samples from The Emergent Psalter, go to www.isaaceverett.com.

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