Beside Still Waters (Bernard Hamblen)

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•  Posted on 2026-03-22(Posted 2026-03-22)  CPDL #88711:   

Editor: Douglas Walczak (submitted 2026-03-22).   Score information: Letter, 7 pages, 103 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Beside Still Waters
Composer: Bernard Hamblen
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Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Anthem

Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard

First published: 1927
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English text

Weary and sad at heart, bent 'neath thy load;
Heavy is thy burden, dark is the road:
Then, in thy loneliness, help draweth nigh;
Jesu, kind Shepherd, will hear, thy cry:

Beside still waters He leadeth thee;
His love will guard thee tenderly;
Thy grief shall pass, thy doubt shall fire;
Beside still waters He leadeth thee.

Lost in the darkness, far from thy goal;
No voice to cheer thee, none to console:
Broken in spirit, hope seems in vain;
Then, in thy hour of need, joy comes again.

Fear not, O pilgrim, dark tho' the way;
Press on and faint not; soon come the day.
"Lead on, kind Shepherd," this be thy prayer;
Jesu will guide thee to pastures fair.

Beside still waters He leadeth thee;
His love will guard thee tenderly;
Thy grief shall pass, thy doubt shall fire;
Beside still waters He leadeth thee.