Neale and Littledale (Commentary on the Psalms)
John Mason Neale and Richard Littledale, Anglican priests and scholars, put together a verse-by-verse commentary on the whole Psalter from the Fathers and medieval writers and from the hymns of the Roman, Ambrosian, Gallican, Greek, Coptic, Armenian and Syrian rites. Neale did the first volume and part of the second before his death in 1866, and Littledale finished the work.
Writings
English translations (older public-domain ones, and a few modern ones shared under open licences), divided into chapters and short sections, with a download for each. A modern English version and the original-language text are planned for the works that matter most.
- A Commentary on the Psalms from Primitive and Mediaeval Writers, volume 1 (Psalms 1–38) (part 1 of 2) Older EnglishOCR text 11.0 h read
- A Commentary on the Psalms from Primitive and Mediaeval Writers, volume 1 (Psalms 1–38) (part 2 of 2) Older EnglishOCR text 7.0 h read
- A Commentary on the Psalms from Primitive and Mediaeval Writers, volume 2 (Psalms 39–80) (part 1 of 2) Older EnglishOCR text 11.5 h read
- A Commentary on the Psalms from Primitive and Mediaeval Writers, volume 2 (Psalms 39–80) (part 2 of 2) Older EnglishOCR text 8.0 h read
- A Commentary on the Psalms from Primitive and Mediaeval Writers, volume 3 (Psalms 81–118) (part 1 of 2) Older EnglishOCR text 11.3 h read
- A Commentary on the Psalms from Primitive and Mediaeval Writers, volume 3 (Psalms 81–118) (part 2 of 2) Older EnglishOCR text 7.6 h read
- A Commentary on the Psalms from Primitive and Mediaeval Writers, volume 4 (Psalms 119–150) (part 1 of 2) Older EnglishOCR text 9.7 h read
- A Commentary on the Psalms from Primitive and Mediaeval Writers, volume 4 (Psalms 119–150) (part 2 of 2) Older EnglishOCR text 6.0 h read
Most translations are the older ones in the public domain (mostly the nineteenth-century Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers); a few are modern translations shared under an open licence, with the translators credited on the work’s page. Square brackets and any Greek or Latin words are as the source prints them.
