Jesus, great Shepherd of the sheep
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Jesus, great Shepherd of the sheep,To thee for help we fly;Thy little flock in safety keep,For O, the wolf is nigh!
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He comes, of hellish malice full,To scatter, tear, and slay;He seizes every straying soulAs his own lawful prey.
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Us into thy protection take,And gather with thine arm;Unless the fold we first forsake,The wolf can never harm.
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We laugh to scorn his cruel powerWhile by our Shepherd's side;The sheep he never can devour,Unless he first divide.
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O do not suffer him to partThe souls that here agree;But make us of one mind and heart,And keep us one in thee.
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Together let us sweetly live,Together let us die;And each a starry crown receive,And reign above the sky.