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O, tell me, Thou life and delight of my soul,

by Thomas Hastings

Representative text

As printed in The Church Hymnal (1941), no. 400 — the newest hymnal carrying it.

Verse 1

O, tell me, Thou life and delight of my soul, Where the flock of Thy pasture are feeding. I seek Thy protection, I need Thy control; I would go where my Shepherd is leading.

Verse 2

O, tell me the place where the flock are at rest, Where the noontide will find them reposing; The tempest now rages, my soul is distressed, And the pathway of peace I am losing.

Verse 3

And why should I stray with the flocks of Thy foes, In the desert where now they are roving; Where hunger and thirst, where contentions and woes, Where fierce conflicts their ruin are proving?

Verse 4

Ah, when shall my woes and my wandering cease, And the follies that fill me with weeping? O Shepherd of Israel, restore me that peace Thou dost give to the flock Thou art keeping!

Verse 5

A voice from the Shepherd now bids me return By the way where the footprints are lying; No longer to wander, no longer to mourn; And homeward my spirit is flying.

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