While Shepherds WatchedTheir Flocks by Night

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"And she will bring forth a Son,
and you shall call His name JESUS,
for He will save His people from their sins."

So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying:

"Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son,
and they shall call His name Immanuel,"
which is translated, "God with us."

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Verse 1
While shepherds watched
Their flocks by night,
All seated on the ground,
The angel of the Lord
Came down,
And glory shone around.
“Fear not,” said he,
For mighty dread
Had seized their
Troubled minds;
“Glad tidings of great joy I bring
To you and all mankind”.

Verse 2
To you, in David’s town,
This day,
Is born of David’s line
A Savior, who is Christ the Lord;
And this shall be the sign:
The heavenly Babe you there
Shall find
To human view displayed,
All meanly wrapped in
Swaddling-cloths
And in a manger laid.”

Verse 3
Thus spake the seraph,
And forthwith
Appeared a shining throng
Of angels, praising God,
And thus
Addressed their joyful song:
“All glory be to God on high,
And to the earth be peace;
Good will henceforth from
Heaven to men
Begin and never cease.”

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