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Gerhardt, Paul (1607–1676)| German Lutheran clergyman and one of the greatest hymn-writers of German Protestantism. |
| His most celebrated hymns include ‘Befiehl du deine Wege’, 1656 (Wesley's ‘Commit thou all thy ways’) and ‘O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden’ (Alexander's ‘O sacred head once wounded’). His Collected Hymns first appeared in 1667. |
| Gerhardt was born in Saxony and studied at Wittenberg, becoming pastor at Mittenwald, 1651, Berlin, 1657–67; he moved to Lubben in 1669, and was pastor there in the Spreewald till his death. Gerhardt supported the Lutherans against the other reformed churches. |
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