The New English Hymnal ‎#77

77. 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 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

• First Line: The God of love my Shepherd is
• Author: George Herbert, 1593-1633
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1986
• Scripture:
  Psalm 23
• Topic: The Christian Year: Refreshment Sunday
• Notes: For a further version of Psalm 23 see 457, 458 and 459

Tune Information

• Name: UNIVERSITY
• Meter: CM
• Key: C Major
• Source: John Randall's Psalms & Hymn Tunes, 1794