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The Psalter - verse numbering differences

This table shows in summary the differences in verse numbering between the Psalter in Common Worship and the Psalter in the Book of Common Prayer (Coverdale).

Wherever a difference of numbering occurs, all the following verses of the psalm are affected accordingly.

Psalm Common
Worship
verse		 Coverdale
verse(s)
1 3 3, 4
4 6 6, 7
5 9 9, 10
  10 11a
  11 11b
  12 12a
  13 12b
7 9 9, 10
8 1 1a
  2 1b, 2a
  3 2b
10 9 9,10
12 5 5,6
14 1 1,2
  - 5-7 omitted in CW
17 3 3a
  4 3b, 4
  14 14a
  15 14b, 15
18 1 1a
  2 1b
  45 44, 45
19 14 14, 15
22 16 16, 17a
  17 17b
  29 29, 30a
  30 30b, 31
27 4 4a
  5 4b
28 8 8a
  9 8b
29 3 3, 4a
  4 4b
30 9 9, 10
31 3 3, 4
  10 11, 12
  22 24, 25
33 13 13a
  14 13b
35 13 13a
  14 13b, 14a
  15 14b
40 3 3, 4
  11 12, 13
42 12 12, 13
44 21 21a
  22 21b
45 1 1, 2
  4 5a
  5 5b, 6
47 9 9a
  10 9b
48 2 2a
  3 2b
  4 2c
  7 5, 6
  12 11, 12a
  13 12b, 13
49 14 14a
  15 14b
50 2 2, 3a
  3 3b
  21 21a
  22 21b
51 4 4a
  5 4b
52 1 1, 2
53 1 1, 2
  5 6a
  6 6b
  7 7, 8
55 3 3a
  4 3b
56 10 10, 11
57 1 1a
  2 1b
  4 3, 4a
  5 4b, 5
58 6 6a
  7 6b
59 3 3a
  4 3b, 4a
  5 4b, 5a
  6 5b
  13 12a
  14 12b, 13a
  15 13b
  18 16a
  19 16b
65 2 2, 3
68 11 11, 12
69 4 4a
  5 4b, 5a
  6 5b
71 1 1a
  2 1b
  10 9a
  11 9b
73 12 12a
  13 12b
74 2 2, 3
  5 6, 7
75 1 1, 2
78 6 6, 7
  29 30a
  30 30b, 31a
  31 31b
  38 38, 39
80 1 1a
  2 1b, 2a
  3 2b
  15 14a
  16 14b, 15
81 5 5a
  6 5b, 6
  7 7, 8
84 1 1, 2
87 3 3, 4
88 1 1a
  2 1b
  5 4a
  6 4b
89 6 6, 7
  31 32a
  32 32b
  34 34a
  35 34b
  51 50a
  52 50b
92 7 7a
  8 7b
101 2 2, 3a
  3 3b
  4 4a
  5 4b
  11 10a
  12 10b
  13 11a
  14 11b
102 2 2a
  3 2b
104 2 2a
  3 2b, 3a
  4 3b
  16 15a
  17 15b
105 34 34a
  35 34b
106 36 36a
  37 36b
  38 37a
  39 37b
  46 44a
  47 44b
108 8 8, 9a
  9 9b
116 1 1, 2
  2 3, 4a
  3 4b
  12 13a
  13 13b
  16 16a
  17 16b
120 3 3a
  4 3b
123 2 2a
  3 2b
124 1 1a
  2 1b
  4 3, 4
128 3 3, 4
130 1 1, 2
133 2 2a
  3 2b
134 1 1, 2
136 - 27 omitted in CW
141 5 5, 6
142 4 4, 5
  6 7, 8
144 10 10a
  11 10b, 11a
  12 11b
145 14 insert
147 8 8a
  9 8b
148 12 12a

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