ELHB Hymn 162
To shepherds, as they watched by night
Martin Luther
Hymn Text
162. To shepherds, as they watched by night
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1 To shepherds, as they watched by night,
Appeared a troop of angels bright;
Behold the tender babe, they said,
In yonder lowly manger laid.
Appeared a troop of angels bright;
Behold the tender babe, they said,
In yonder lowly manger laid.
2 At Bethlehem, In David's town,
As Micah did of old make known;
'Tis Jesus Christ, your Lord and King,
Who doth to all salvation bring.
As Micah did of old make known;
'Tis Jesus Christ, your Lord and King,
Who doth to all salvation bring.
3 Rejoice ye, then, that through His Son
God is with sinners now at one;
Made like yourselves of flesh and blood,
Your brother is th'eternal God.
God is with sinners now at one;
Made like yourselves of flesh and blood,
Your brother is th'eternal God.
4 What harm can sin and death then do?
The true God now abides with you.
Let hell and Satan rage and chafe,
God is your brother--ye are safe.
The true God now abides with you.
Let hell and Satan rage and chafe,
God is your brother--ye are safe.
5 Not one He will, nor can, forsake
Who Him his confidence doth make;
E'en if their worst your en'mies try,
Ye may their pow'rless rage defy.
Who Him his confidence doth make;
E'en if their worst your en'mies try,
Ye may their pow'rless rage defy.
Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #162