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The Faith We Sing · No. 2146 · Words: Civilla D. Martin · Tune: SPARROW
His Eye Is on the Sparrow
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →Written in 1905 by Civilla D. Martin with music by Charles H. Gabriel, this beloved gospel hymn draws on Jesus's words about sparrows (Matthew 10:29-31) to affirm God's constant, watchful care over every believer. It has long been a staple of comfort and assurance in Protestant worship.
Verse 1
Why should I feel discouraged?
Why should the shadows come?
Why should my heart be lonely
and long for heaven and home,
When Jesus is my portion?
My constant friend is he:
His eye is on the sparrow,
and I know he watches me;
his eye is on the sparrow,
and I know he watches me.
I sing because I'm happy,
I sing because I'm free,
for his eye is on the sparrow,
and I know he watches me.
Verse 2
"Let not your heart be troubled,"
his tender word I hear,
and resting on his goodness,
I lose my doubts and fears;
though by the path he leadeth
but one step I may see;
His eye is on the sparrow,
and I know he watches me;
his eye is on the sparrow,
and I know he watches me.
I sing because I'm happy,
I sing because I'm free,
for his eye is on the sparrow,
and I know he watches me.
Verse 3
Whenever I am tempted,
whenever clouds arise,
when song give place to sighing,
when hope within me dies,
I draw the closer to him,
from care he sets me free:
His eye is on the sparrow,
and I know he watches me;
his eye is on the sparrow,
and I know he watches me.
I sing because I'm happy,
I sing because I'm free,
for his eye is on the sparrow,
and I know he watches me.
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