the genevan psalms were translated into german by ambrosius lobwasser (1515–1585) in 1573 "psalter des königlichen propheten davids" and were sung a capella to goudimel's harmonies for over two centuries. the lobwasser psalms are still in use in the amish congregations in north america, who took them with the swiss hymnbooks to the new world. the music edition of 1576 was reprinted in 2004, which was a result of the international psalm symposion in emden. in 1798 the german pastor in den haag matthias jorissen gave out his: "neue bereimung der psalmen" which replaced the old-fashioned psalm book for nearly 200 years. the present hymnbook (1996) of the evangelical-reformed churches and the old reformed churches of germany contains the complete psalter with many psalms of matthias jorissen and other authors. it was an important decision of the synods to retain the psalms in the hymnbook with the genevan tunes. the need and interest in the complete jorissen- psalter led to different new editions in 1931, 1951 and 2006. the last one was given out for singing of the people and not for scientific use only. today, psalms make up a quarter (102) of the protestant hymn book from 1998 in german switzerland.