Dictionary of Hymnology
Learn hymn terms, meters, forms, and the history behind Christian worship music — curated for hymn lovers, worship leaders, and students.
Affliction is a stormy deep
History
Hymnological record of Nathaniel Cotton's eighteenth-century metrical Psalm adaptation, tracing its origins i…
As panting, in the sultry beam
Hymnology
An entry on John Bowdler's two-part metrical paraphrase of Psalm 42.
As pants the hart for cooling springs
Hymnology
An entry on James Merrick's sixteen-stanza paraphrase of Psalm 42.
As pants the hart for cooling streams
Hymnology
An entry on Tate and Brady's widely adapted metrical version of Psalm 42.
As pants the hart for water-brooks
Hymnology
An entry on an anonymous Long Meter paraphrase of Psalm 42.
As pants the wearied hart for cooling streams
Hymnology
An entry on George Gregory's English translation of Bishop Lowth's Psalm 42.