I first came across this hymn in my High School Assembly days over 50 years ago. Since then, it has become a part of me especially in my private and public worship. In my church, for one or two years, it became our closing hymn. Every verse of is impactful anytime I sing. The hymn is spiritually and carefully crafted from Psalm 23. I'm very grateful to the composer and all those who made it available on the internet. God bless you all! Remain under His Shepherding in Jesus name! Amen.
This hymn has been going through my head so much this afternoon, but I couldn't remember all the words. I knew it had something to do with the 23rd Psalm, so I was delighted to find the full lyrics on your website. I'm so thankful, may God richly bless you in all your endeavors.
Wonderful hymn. I learned it from HS over 40 years ago and I can't have enough of it as I play it on my Harmonica. God bless you for posting this hymn.💋
I have a hearing loss, mainly caused by loud noises - even before I was born by German bombings on Manchester UK. One of the results is, without my hearing aids, I hear "streams of living water, which then makes me feel more at peace.
The original "Hymns Ancient and Modern" (1861) owed its existence to Sir Henry Williams Baker, in which he contributed 25 hymns, both original and translated. He was especially gifted as a hymn-mender. Many of the hymns submitted for this compilation were altered and improved by him. In spite of the fact that these were improvements, some people accused him of mutilating their hymns. His hymns have a freshness, simplicity, and rhythmic ease, the best-known being "The King of love my Shepherd is". - Songs of the Spirit by Martin
When Henry Baker, an Anglican clergyman, was asked to compile a new hymnal for his church, he added this hymn, a paraphrase of Psalm 23, to the appendix of the hymnal. The fact that this hymnal sold more than 60 million copies indicates that he did his job well.
As Baker was dying, his last words came from the 3rd stanza of this hymn: "Perverse and foolish, oft I strayed, but yet in love He sought me." - Great Songs of Faith by Brown & Norton