Quem Pastores (Jesus, Good Above All Other) (Flexible 4-Part)
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LATIN LYRICS:
1. Quem pastores laudavere
Quibus angeli dixere,
Absit vobis iam timere,
Natus est rex gloriae.
2. Ad quem magi ambulabant
Aurum, thus, myrrhum portabant,
Immolabant haec sincere
Nato regi gloriae.
3. Christo regi, Deo nato,
Per Mariam nobis dato,
Merito resonet vere
Laus, honor et gloria.
ENGLISH HYMN LYRICS (NOT A TRANSLATION):
1 Jesus, good above all other,
gentle child of gentle mother,
in a stable born our brother,
give us grace to persevere.
2 Jesus, cradled in a manger,
for us facing every danger,
living as a homeless stranger,
make we thee our King most dear.
3 Jesus, for thy people dying,
risen Master, death defying,
Lord in heaven, thy grace supplying,
keep us to thy presence near.
4 Jesus, who our sorrows bearest,
all our thoughts and hopes thou sharest,
thou to us the truth declarest;
help us all thy truth to hear.
5 Lord, in all our doings guide us;
pride and hate shall ne’er divide us;
we’ll go on with thee beside us,
and with joy we’ll persevere.
