How Wonderful is my Shepherd, I know that He loves me;
So I try to follow my Shepherd everywhere He leads.
Sometimes we climb high mountains and cross the rocky ground;
But always on the other side green pastures can be found.

It seems quite often, I'm too weak to finish out the day;
Its then the Shepherd picks me up and carries me along the way.
And those times I'm caught in a thicket, as I stray so stubbornly,
He lovingly hears my penitent cry and comes to set me free.

Once I ran in the "Valley of Sin," wild without a care;
It was on one grim evening, I first met the Shepherd there.
The "Serpent of Death" had found me, was coiled, ready to strike;
The Shepherd stretched out His merciful hands and took the fatal bite.

The bite sent Him to the grave; but a mighty shepherd is He.
For He then arose from the grave to live for eternity.
I can entrust my life to Him for He's removed death's sting.
Oh! Jesus is a wonderful Shepherd, Savior, Lord and King.

"My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;
and I give eternal life to them, and they shall never perish;
and no one shall snatch them out of My hand.
John 10:27-28 (NASB)

©1997 A. Mitchell Moore, Jr.