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Affliction is a stormy deep

Affliction is a stormy deep

Author: Nathaniel Cotton
Published in 85 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Affliction is a stormy deep,
Where wave resounds to wave;
Though o'er my head the billows roll,
I know the Lord can save.

2 The hand that now withholds my joys
Can reinstate my peace:
And He who bade the tempest roar,
Can bid that tempest cease.

3 In the dark watches of the night,
I'll count His mercies o'er;
I'll praise Him for ten thousand past,
And humbly sue for more.

4 When darkness and when sorrows rose
And pressed on every side,
The Lord has still sustained my steps,
And still has been my Guide.

5 Here will I rest, and build my hopes,
Nor murmur at His rod;
He's more than all the world to me,
My Health, my Life, my God!


Source: Church Book: for the use of Evangelical Lutheran congregations #479

Author: Nathaniel Cotton

Cotton, Nathaniel, M.D., born in 1707, and educated for the medical profession at Leyden. Giving his attention more especially to brain diseases, he first assisted a physician, who devoted his attention to the insane, at Dunstable; and they erected a large Asylum at St. Albans. In 1763 the poet Cowper became one of his patients, and, on his recovery, conceived a warm attachment for his medical friend. Dr. Cotton died at St Albans, Aug. 2, 1788. Several of his hymns appeared from 1760 onwards in Dr. Dodd's Christian's Magazine, some signed "Dr. Cotton, St. Albans," some “N.," and some without signature. His poetical works were published posthumously:— Various Pieces in Verse and Prose, 2 vols., Lond., Dodsley, 1791; and Visions in Verse,… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Affliction is a stormy deep
Author: Nathaniel Cotton
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

Affliction is a stormy deep. Nathaniel Cotton. [Affliction.] Part of his rendering of Ps. xiii., which appeared as "With fierce desire the hunted hart," in Dr. Dodd's Christian's Magazine, April, 1761, in 12 stanzas of 4 lines, and signed "N." It was republished in his (posthumous) Various Pieces in Verse and Prose, 1791. In 1812 Collyer divided it into two hymns, Nos. 59-60, in his Collection, the second beginning "Affliction is a stormy deep," in 5 stanzas. These stanzas were transferred, with two slight alterations, to Stowell's Selection, 1831, and, sometimes with numerous alterations, to other hymnals, including Elliott's Psalms & Hymns 1835, and Bickersteth, Christian Psalmody, 1833. Windle's text, in his Met. Psalter, Ps. 42, is from Stowell's Selection 1831. Its modern use is not so extensive in Great Britain as in America.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Timeline

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A Collection of Hymns #322

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A Collection of Hymns and Prayers, for Public and Private Worship #306

A Collection of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion #d5

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ #930

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #401

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns #568

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A Selection of Hymns for Worship (2nd ed.) #75

A Selection of Psalms and Hymns for ... Diocese of Nova Scotia. 3rd ed. #d5

A Selection of Psalms and Hymns for the Use of the Diocese of Nova Scotia. 3rd ed. #d5

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #568

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #568

Anglican Hymn Book #192

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Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) #462

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Book of Worship #462

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Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship #511

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Christian Hymns #56

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Church Book #479

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Church Book #479

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Church Poetry #240

Family Singing Book. Rev ed. with Supplement #d6

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Good-Will Songs #143

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Hymn and Tune Book for Use in Old School or Primitive Baptist Churches #421

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #609

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #609

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Hymns for Church and Home #311

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Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship #877

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Hymns, Selected and Original, for Public and Private Worship #461

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Hymns, Selected and Original #461

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Hymns #461

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Hymns #461

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Hymns #461

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Hymns #461

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Parish Hymns #374

Parish Psalmody #d5

Parish Psalmody #d5

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Plymouth Collection #a793

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Plymouth Collection of Hymns and Tunes; for the use of Christian Congregations #793

Psalms and Hymns for the Worship of God #d10

Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #d9

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Selah #142a

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Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #973

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #973

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #973

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Songs for the Sanctuary #973

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Songs for the Sanctuary #973

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Songs for the Sanctuary #973

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Songs for the Service of Prayer #392

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Songs of Pilgrimage #359

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Songs of the Church #1088

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #793

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The Baptist Hymn Book #1029

The Book of Worship #d9

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The Brethren Hymnal #353

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The Christian Hymn Book #1004

The Millennial Harp #d8

The Millennial Harp #d3

The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #448

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The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #448

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The Palm #129a

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The Psalmody #1067

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The Sabbath Hymn and Tune Book #128c

The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. #d9

The Sacred Lyre #d6

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The Social Psalmist #191

The Soldier's Hymn Book. 2nd ed. #d2

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The Virginia Selection of Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #612

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The Voice of Praise #624

Universalist Hymn Book #d6

Virginia Selection of Psalms #d4

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