In My Grievous Tribulation

In my grievous tribulation

Versifier: William Kuipers (1931)
Tune: GENEVAN 77
Published in 2 hymnals

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Versifier: William Kuipers

Born: 1883, Rochester, New York. Died: 1933, Passaic, New Jersey. Buried: Restlawn Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Kuipers emigrated from Friesland to America, in the late 1880s, graduated from Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and was ordained in the Christian Reformed Church. He served at the Second Christian Reformed Church of Fremont, Michigan (1914-19); Christian Reformed churches in Oakland, Michigan (1919-23); Dennis Avenue, Grand Rapids, Michigan (1923-27); and Summer Street, Passaic, New Jersey (1927-33). He wrote a number of poems, hymns, and psalm versifications. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (hymntime.com/tch)  Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: In my grievous tribulation
Title: In My Grievous Tribulation
Versifier: William Kuipers (1931)
Meter: 8.8.7.7. D
Language: English
Copyright: © 1976 Faith Alive Christian Resources

Tune

GENEVAN 77

GENEVAN 77 was first published in the 1551 edition of the Genevan Psalter as a setting for Psalm 86. It was set to Psalm 77 in the 1562 edition. Claude Goudimel (PHH 6) composed the harmonization in 1564. GENEVAN 77's many repeated phrases make it memorable; it is in Hypo-Dorian mode. The plaintive…

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Psalter Hymnal (Blue) #148

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