Text: | The God of love my shepherd is |
Author: | George Herbert (1593-1633) |
Tune: | UNIVERSITY |
Composer: | Charles Collignon (1725-1785) |
1 The God of love my shepherd is,
and he that doth me feed;
while he is mine and I am his,
what can I want or need?
2 He leads me to the tender grass,
where I both feed and rest;
then to the streams that gently pass:
in both I have the best.
3 Or if I stray, he doth convert,
and bring my mind in frame,
and all this not for my desert,
but for his holy name.
4 Yea, in death's shady black abode
well may I walk, not fear;
for thou art with me, and thy rod
to guide, thy staff to bear.
5 Surely thy sweet and wondrous love
shall measure all my days;
and, as it never shall remove,
so neither shall my praise.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The God of love my shepherd is |
Author: | George Herbert (1593-1633) |
Meter: | CM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Funerals and The Departed; Assurance; Comfort and Consolation(4 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | UNIVERSITY |
Composer: | Charles Collignon (1725-1785) |
Meter: | CM |
Key: | C Major |
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Audio recording: | Piano Harmony (auto-generated) |