The Cyber Hymnal ‎#1864

1864. The God of Love My Shepherd Is

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 guard, 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

• First Line: The God of love my Shepherd is
• Title: The God of Love My Shepherd Is
• Author: George Herbert (1633)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Published posthumously in The Temple, 1633
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: UNIVERSITY
• Composer: Charles Collignon, 1725-1785
• Meter: CM
• Incipit: 54321 12354 35316
• Key: C Major
• Source: A Collection of Psalms for the Use of Parish Churches, by P. Hellendaal, p. 90
• Copyright: Public Domain