Herod's Concern

Composer: Roger D. Linder
Roger D. Linder: 40 Days: Nativity to Presentation
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Herod
This Dm
news I've 
Gm
heard is 
Dm
botherin' 
Am
me
The Dm
whole town's 
Gm
in a 
Dm
fuss
If Dm
what I've 
Gm
heard was 
Dm
meant to 
Am
be
'Twill Dm
be the 
Am
end of 
Dm
us

I'll Gm
call the 
Dm
priests, those 
Gm
of the 
Dm
law
And Gm
ask them 
Dm
straight a
Gm
way
This Gm
so-called 
Dm
King for 
Gm
those in 
Dm
awe
We'll Am
deal with him to
Dm
day!

And Dm
where, I 
Gm
say, do 
Dm
tell me 
Am
now
This Dm
child was 
Gm
to be 
Dm
born?
I'll Dm
have your 
Gm
heads, if 
Dm
you don't 
Am
know
Why Dm
wasn't 
Am
I fore
Dm
warned?

"In Gm
Bethle
Dm
hem," the 
Gm
chief priest 
Dm
cried
In Gm
great fear 
Dm
for his 
Gm
life 
He Gm
knew Her
Dm
od would 
Gm
have him 
Dm
tried
His Am
neck saved from the 
Dm
knife

But Dm
Bethle
Gm
hem? It's 
Dm
just so 
Am
small
It Dm
matters 
Gm
not the 
Dm
least
A Dm
"ruler!" 
Gm
they who 
Dm
have such 
Am
gall
These Dm
trav'lers 
Am
from the 
Dm
East

The Gm
prophets 
Dm
speak in 
Gm
their own 
Dm
way 
That Gm
he's the 
Dm
one fore
Gm
told
We Gm
read the 
Dm
scriptures 
Gm
on this 
Dm
day
The Am
truth we now be
Dm
hold

Commentary
Matthew 2, v. 3-6: When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. "In Bethlehem in Judea," they replied, "for this is what the prophet has written:

"'But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.'"

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