SDA Hymnal 549
Loving Shepherd of Thy Sheep
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1Loving Shepherd of Thy sheep,
Keep Thy lamb, in safety keep;
Nothing can Thy power withstand,
None can pluck me from Thy hand.
2Loving Shepherd, ever near,
Teach Thy lamb Thy voice to hear;
Suffer not my steps to stray
From the straight and narrow way.
3Where Thou leadest I would go,
Walking in Thy steps below,
Till within the heavenly fold
I my Shepherd shall behold.
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The verse
- Meter
- 7.7.8.7
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- trochaic (DUM-da) · 64% of beats fit
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Verse 1
Loving Shepherd of Thy sheep,/˘/˘˘//7A
Keep Thy lamb, in safety keep;///˘/˘/7A
Nothing can Thy power withstand,/˘˘//˘˘/8B
None can pluck me from Thy hand./˘/˘˘//7B
Verse 2
Loving Shepherd, ever near,/˘/˘/˘/7A
Teach Thy lamb Thy voice to hear;/////˘/7A
Suffer not my steps to stray/˘˘˘/˘/7B
From the straight and narrow way.˘˘/˘/˘/7B
Verse 3
Where Thou leadest I would go,///˘˘˘/7A
Walking in Thy steps below,/˘˘//˘/7A
Till within the heavenly fold/˘/˘/˘˘/8B
I my Shepherd shall behold.˘˘/˘˘˘/7B
Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.