Thomas Sternhold

Thomas Sternhold (c. 1500 – 1549) was the principal author of the first English metrical version of the Psalms, originally attached to the Prayer-Book as augmented by John Hopkins. He was a groom of the robes to Henry VIII and Edward VI.

Quotes

 * The Lord descended from above And bow’d the heavens high; And underneath his feet he cast  The darkness of the sky.  On cherubs and on cherubims  Full royally he rode; And on the wings of all the winds  Came flying all abroad.
 * A Metrical Version of Psalm 104, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).