O Love Of The Sheep Lyrics

When God sought a king, for His people of old

He went to the fields to find him

A shepherd was he

With his crook and his lute

And a following flock behind him

O love of the sheep, o joy of the lute

The sling and the stone for battle

A shepherd was king

The giant was naught

And the enemy driven like cattle

When God looked to tell of His goodwill to men

And the Shepherd-King's Son whom He gave them

To shepherds made meek

A caring for sheep

He told of a Christ sent to save them

O love of the sheep, o watch in the night

The glory, the message, the choir

Twas shepherds who saw

Their King in the straw

And returned with their hearts all on fire

When Christ thought to tell, of His love to the world

He said to the throng before Him

The Good Shepherd gives

His life for the sheep

And away to the cross they bore him

O love of the sheep, o blood sweat of prayer

O Man on the cross, God-forsaken

A Shepherd has gone

To defend all alone

The sheepfold, by death overtaken

When God sought a King for His people for aye

He went to the grave to find Him

A Shepherd came back

With death dead in His grasp

And a following flock behind Him

O Love of the sheep, o Life from the dead

O Strength for the faint and the fearing

A Shepherd is King

And His kingdom will come

And the day of His coming is nearing