Woof and Away to Lock Haven, PA: A Flying Blog by Jasper the Dog

Dominus Regit Me

The King of love my shepherd is

646

The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)

Metric Index

87. 87

Modality

G Major

15-Pitch Humming Index

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Composer

John Bacchus Dykes [1821-1877]

Composer (desc.)

David Willcocks [b. 1919]

Descant by permission of Oxford University Press.

Language

English

Paraphraser

Henry Williams Baker [1821-1877]

Publication Date

1985

Scripture

Psalm 23

Last Five Uses

• Used on May 11, 2025 10:30 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Apr 26, 2015 10:00 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Mar 01, 2015 10:00 as the Recessional Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Mar 20, 2014 10:00 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Apr 03, 2011 10:00 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA

Poem Words (Six verses)

The King of love my shepherd is,
whose goodness faileth never;
I nothing lack if I am his,
and he is mine for ever.

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 oh, 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 for ever.