The King Of Love My Shepherd Is
- Words:
- Sir Henry Williams Baker
- Music:
- John B. Dykes
Sheet music
- 1The King of love my shepherd is,Whose goodness faileth never;I nothing lack if I am HisAnd He is mine forever.Where streams of living water flowMy ransomed soul He leadeth,And where the verdant pastures grow,With food celestial feedeth.
- 2Perverse and foolish oft I strayed,But yet in love He sought me,And on His shoulder gently laid,And home, rejoicing, brought me.In death’s dark vale I fear no illWith Thee, dear Lord, beside me;Thy rod and staff my comfort still,Thy cross before to guide me.
- 3Thou spread’st a table in my sight;Thy unction grace bestoweth;And O what transport of delightFrom Thy pure chalice floweth.And so thru all the length of daysThy goodness faileth never;Good Shepherd, may I sing Thy praiseWithin Thy house forever.Amen.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1868, the words are in 734 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.