He that is down

General information

Lyricist: John Bunyan

Notes on selected settings

• John Brown SATB (vv. 2,1)

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Anonymous — He that is down needs fear no fall  English SATB
• John Brown — Song of the Shepherd Boy  English SATB
• Rod Mather — The Shepherd Boy's Song  English SATB

Text and translations

English text

1  He that is down need fear no fall;
he that is low, no pride;
he that is humble, ever shall
have God to be his Guide.
2  I am content with what I have,
little be it or much;
and, Lord, contentment still I crave,
because Thou savest such.
3  Fullness to such a burden is,
that go on pilgrimage;
here little, and hereafter bliss,
is best from age to age.