A Watchful Shepherd
Bishop Hacker. Luke 2:8-9 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.… Suffer not your eyelids to shut, but sift and shake your own heart; examine yourself, remember what a blessing it is to be a watchful shepherd, that an angel of comfort may come and sing salvation unto you. (Bishop Hacker.) Parallel Verses KJV: And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. WEB: There were shepherds in the same country staying in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.