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David Clark Isele

Person Name: DCI Scripture: Psalm 119 Composer of "[Lord, I love your commands]" in Catholic Book of Worship III

Michel Guimont

b. 1950 Scripture: Psalm 119 Composer of "[They are happy whose life is blameless]" in RitualSong

Paul Inwood

b. 1947 Person Name: Paul Inwood, b. 1947 Scripture: Psalm 119:1-5 Composer of "[They are happy whose life is blameless]" in Journeysongs (2nd ed.)

b. 1934 Person Name: Clarence P. Walhout Scripture: Psalm 119 Versifier of "Blessed Are Those Who Heed the Law of God" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) Clarence P. Walhout (b. Muskegon, Michigan, 1934) studied at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois; he taught many years at his alma mater, Calvin College, and was a member of the Poet’s Workshop, a group of several writers who prepared psalm versifications for the 1987 Psalter Hymnal; he was also editor of the journal Christianity and Literature and co-author of The Responsibility of Hermeneutics (1985). Bert Polman

Fred R. Anderson

b. 1941 Scripture: Psalm 119:1-16 Author of "Blest Are the Uncorrupt in Heart" in The Presbyterian Hymnal

Rory Cooney

b. 1952 Scripture: Psalm 119:1-34 author of "Psalm 119: Happy Are Those Who Follow" in Gather Comprehensive

Timothy Dudley-Smith

b. 1926 Scripture: Psalm 119 Author of "Open our eyes, O Lord" in Complete Mission Praise Timothy Dudley-Smith (b. 1926) Educated at Pembroke College and Ridley Hall, Cambridge, Dudley-Smith has served the Church of England since his ordination in 1950. He has occupied a number of church positions, including parish priest in the diocese of Southwark (1953-1962), archdeacon of Norwich (1973-1981), and bishop of Thetford, Norfolk, from 1981 until his retirement in 1992. He also edited a Christian magazine, Crusade, which was founded after Billy Graham's 1955 London crusade. Dudley-Smith began writing comic verse while a student at Cambridge; he did not begin to write hymns until the 1960s. Many of his several hundred hymn texts have been collected in Lift Every Heart: Collected Hymns 1961-1983 (1984), Songs of Deliverance: Thirty-six New Hymns (1988), and A Voice of Singing (1993). The writer of Christian Literature and the Church (1963), Someone Who Beckons (1978), and Praying with the English Hymn Writers (1989), Dudley-Smith has also served on various editorial committees, including the committee that published Psalm Praise (1973). Bert Polman

Christopher M. Idle

b. 1938 Person Name: Christopher Idle Scripture: Psalm 119 Author of "All Your Commandments, Father Almighty" in Psalms for All Seasons Christopher Martin Idle (b. Bromley, Kent, England, 1938) was educated at Elthan College, St. Peter's College, Oxford, and Clifton Theological College in Bristol, and was ordained in the Church of England. He served churches in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria; London; and Oakley, Suffolk; and recently returned to London, where he is involved in various hymnal projects. A prolific author of articles on the Christian's public responsibilities, Idle has also published The Lion Book of Favorite Hymns (1980) and at least one hundred of his own hymns and biblical paraphrases. Some of his texts first appeared in hymnals published by the Jubilate Group, with which he is associated. He was also editor of Anglican Praise (1987). In 1998 Hope Publishing released Light Upon the River, a collection of 279 of his psalm and hymn texts, along with suggested tunes, scripture references, and commentary. Bert Polman

Thomas Cradock

1718 - 1770 Scripture: Psalm 119 Author of "Thrice happy they who with religious awe" in New Version of the Psalms of David Rector of St. Thomas's, Baltimore County, Maryland