The Psalms in English and Ukrainian

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This is the book of Psalms in Ukrainian and English.

The Ukrainian translation is the Ohienko (Ogienko) 1930 edition. It is the most widely used Ukrainian translation in use today and is in the Public Domain.

Ivan Ivanovitch Ohienko; Ukrainian: Іван Іванович Огієнко; 2 January (14 January), 1882 in Brusilov, Kiev Governorate - 29 March 1972 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) was a Ukrainian Orthodox cleric, linguist, church historian, and historian of Ukrainian culture. In 1940 he was Archimandrite of the St. Onuphrius Monastery in Jableczna; in 1940 he became Bishop of Chelm; in 1944 he became the Metropolitan of Chelm and Lublin (Podlaskie), and in 1951 Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada).

Between 1917 and 1940, he also translated the Bible into the Ukrainian language, His translation of the Gospels became available in 1937, and the rest of the New Testament and the Psalms in 1939. Because of the wars in Europe and persecution, the Bible was not finally published until 1958. His Ukrainian translation is the one most widely used today with the Ukrainian Bible Society starting to publish mass editions in 1995. Before that, his translation was mainly published in the USA, Canada, and Western Europe.

The English translation used is the New Heart English Bible. It is a modern English version placed into the Public Domain. https: //nheb.net/

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