David Preston 1939 – 2020

Christopher Idle  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  1 Sep 2020
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David Preston 1939 – 2020

If it is scandalous that so many Reformed churches have abandoned psalm-singing, David Preston has left them without excuse. His meticulously-crafted metrical versions provide an accurate and truly poetic text of all 150 psalms.

Many are in print, while others await a discerning publisher. Has his Psalm 84, ‘O LORD of hosts, how lovely is your dwelling place’ (to the Londonderry Air) any serious rivals?

David was born in Streatham, south London, converted to Christ as a teenage Crusader and, after school at Kennington, he read Modern Languages (plus Dip. Theol. and Dip. Ed.) at Keble College Oxford,

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