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