metrical psalm

noun

1. a translation of one of the psalms into rhyming strict-metre verse usually sung as a hymn

Example Sentences

A setting of an English translation of Beethoven's only surviving love letter – to his famous Immortal Beloved – it is part patter song, part metrical psalm, with the ensemble providing dislocated Stravinskyan accompaniments and, finally, a richly scored version of the carol Adeste Fideles.

From The Guardian

Jim took his Bible from his pocket and read from the metrical Psalm CXXI: I to the hills will lift mine eyes, From whence doth come mine aid; My safety cometh from the Lord Who heaven and earth hath made.

From Project Gutenberg

The singing of the metrical psalm sounded strangely in unaccustomed ears.

From Project Gutenberg

One entered the pulpit; the other three took their places at the Holy Table; and after a metrical Psalm sung in the Genevan fashion, the service began.

From Project Gutenberg

The religious feelings of the occasion were stirred by the singing of the grand "Old Hundredth" to the words of the metrical psalm, commencing "All people that on earth do dwell."

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