167. His Eye Is on the Sparrow

Why should I feel discouraged, why should the shadows come, Why should my heart be lonely and long for heav’n 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’m happy), I sing because I’m free (I’m free), For his eye is on the sparrow, and I know he watches me.

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’m happy), I sing because I’m free (I’m free), For his eye is on the sparrow, and I know he watches me.

3.

Whenever I am tempted, whenever clouds arise, When songs 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’m happy), I sing because I’m free (I’m free), For his eye is on the sparrow, and I know he watches me.