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    "text": "The Saviour calls his people sheep,",
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    "text": "And bids them on his love rely;",
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    "text": "The bull can fight, the hare can flee,",
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    "text": "The ant in summer food prepare;",
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    "text": "But helpless sheep, and such are we,",
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    "text": "Depend upon the shepherd’s care.",
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    "text": "Jehovah is our Shepherd’s name,",
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    "text": "Then what have we, though weak, to fear?",
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    "text": "Our sin and folly we proclaim",
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    "text": "If we despond while he is near.",
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    "text": "When Satan threatens to devour,",
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    "text": "When troubles press on every side,",
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    "text": "Think on our Shepherd’s care and power,",
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    "text": "See the rich pastures of his grace,",
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    "text": "Where in full streams salvation flows!",
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    "text": "There he appoints our resting-place,",
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    "text": "And we may feel secure from foes.",
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    "text": "There, ’midst the flock, the Shepherd dwells,",
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    "text": "The sheep around in safety lie;",
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    "text": "The wolf in vain with malice swells,",
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    "text": "For he protects them with his eye.",
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    "text": "Dear Lord, if I am one of thine,",
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    "text": "From anxious thoughts I would be free;",
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    "text": "To trust and love and praise is mine,",
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    "text": "The care of all belongs to thee.",
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