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The King of Love My Shepherd Is - arr. Dan Forrest

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The King of Love My Shepherd Is Ancient Irish melody, arr. Dan Forrest Conductor: Seth Bergey https://www.lyricasacra.com
The Historic Faith · Hymn Companion

The King of Love My Shepherd Is

Words by Henry Williams BakerMusic by Traditional Irish melodyWritten Tune ST. COLUMBA

The King of love my Shepherd is,
Whose goodness faileth never;
I nothing lack if I am His
And He is mine forever.

Where streams of living water flow
My ransomed soul He leadeth,
And where the verdant pastures grow,
With food celestial feedeth.

Perverse 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 ill
With Thee, dear Lord, beside me;
Thy rod and staff my comfort still,
Thy cross before to guide me.

Thou spread'st a table in my sight;
Thy unction grace bestoweth;
And O what transport of delight
From Thy pure chalice floweth!

And so through all the length of days
Thy goodness faileth never;
Good Shepherd, may I sing Thy praise
Within Thy house forever.

Story Behind the Song

Sir Henry Williams Baker, an Anglican priest and the principal editor of Hymns Ancient and Modern, wrote this metrical paraphrase of Psalm 23. It first appeared in the 1868 appendix to Hymns Ancient and Modern and has since become one of the best-loved English hymn versions of the psalm. Although it is also sung to John Bacchus Dykes’s tune DOMINUS REGIT ME, the ancient Irish melody ST. COLUMBA is now one of its most common settings.

Scripture

Found In

Hymns Ancient and Modern, The English Hymnal, The Hymnal 1982, Trinity Hymnal, Lutheran Service Book