Scottish Prose Psalter

Metrical psalmody was a hallmark of the Reformation with its emphasis on congregational singing using simple common metre tunes, but English psalmody since the Reformation has also provided for chanting prose Psalm texts to simple melodies both within the Anglican Church (it is called Anglican Chant) and even among Presbyterian churches.

The first Scottish Prose Psalter was published in 1610: The Psalms of David in prose and metre: with the whole forme of Discipline, and prayers, according to the Church of Scotland; the Psalms in prose being of the last translation; translated by the speciall commandment of King James the sixt [sic]. The Bible Psalter was published by the Presbyterian Church of England in 1880 with "music arranged and partly composed by Sir Herbert S. Oakeley." The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland published The Psalter, pointed for chanting, using chants also composed by Oakeley in 1888. Also that year, The Psalter, and Selected Passages of Scripture, was published with revised and improved pointing of the words. In 1897, this work was retitled The Scottish Prose Psalter. A 1906 edition, The Scottish Prose Psalter Being The Authorized Version of the Psalms with Selected Passages of Scripture, and Ancient Hymns, Pointed for Chanting, With Accompanying Chants. For Use in Churches, by Authority of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, is available (in split-leaf form) online here at Google Books.

The Book of Psalms for Singing (1973) published by the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPCNA) has a section in the back called "An Introduction to Chanting," which provides a brief, basic how-to guide. Some Psalms in this Psalter are also pointed for chanting, such as Psalms 19C, 84C, 93B, 127B and 150B. The chant melodies for these particular Psalms can be heard at Psalter.org.