Hymn 21

Melody
  1. While shepherds watched their flocks by night,
    all seated on the ground,
    an angel of the Lord came down
    and glory shone around.

  2. He said to them, “Be not afraid,
    for I have come to tell
    good news of great and wondrous joy
    for all of Israel.

  3. “To you in David’s town today
    was born of David’s line
    a Saviour, who is Christ the LORD;
    and this will be the sign:

  4. “A newborn Child you there will find,
    not as a king arrayed
    but humbly wrapped in swaddling cloths
    and in a manger laid.”

  5. Then with the angel, all at once,
    appeared a mighty throng –
    a glorious heav’nly multitude,
    all praising God in song:

  6. “All glory to our God on high
    and on the earth his peace
    for men to whom he favour shows
    which nevermore shall cease.”