Verse 1
How happy they, O King of kings!
How safe, how truly blest,
Who under thy protecting wings
Both shelter find and rest.
Verse 2
Them wilt thou lead, them wilt thou keep,
And with thine arm uphold:
O blessed shepherd! Blessed sheep
Of Israel’s sacred fold.
Verse 3
Nor does the tender wand’ring lambs
His kindly care disdain;
He knows them better than their dams,
And better does sustain.
Verse 4
Behold his flock from every side
He is assembling still;
And may he all in safety guide
To Sion’s sacred hill.
Verse 5
If thither he will us convey,
Nor our mean vows despise,
Our hearts will[1] on his altars lay
A grateful sacrifice.
Verse 6
To God the Father, and the Son,
And Spirit, One in Three,
As is, and[2] was e’er time begun,
Eternal glory be!
[1] Wesley changed “will” to “we’ll” in 1748.
[2] Wesley corrected the original typo “as” to “and” in 1743.