Trust
The Lord's My Shepherd
- Words:
- Psalm 23 from the Scottish Psalter, 1650 alt. by James Leith Macbeth Bain, 1915.
- Music:
- Music and
- Setting:
- 'Marosa' or 'Brother James` Air' James Leith Macbeth Bain, 1915, alt.
- Metre:
- 8 6 8 6 8 6 8 6
- 1The Lord's my shepherd I'll not want,He makes me down to lieIn pastures green He leadeth meThe quiet waters by.He leadeth me, He leadeth me,The quiet waters by,In pastures green He leadeth meThe quiet waters by.
- 2My soul He doth restore again,And me to walk doth make.Within the paths of blessedness,E'en for His Own Name's sake;His Own Name's sake, His Own Name's sake,E'en for His Own Name's sake;Within the paths of blessedness,E'en for His Own Name's sake.
- 3Yea, though I walk in death's dark vale,Yet will I fear no ill,For Thou art with me, and Thy rodAnd staff me comfort still;I'll fear no ill, I'll fear no ill,Yet will I fear no ill,For Thou art with me, and Thy rodAnd staff me comfort still.
- 4My table Thou hast furnished wellIn presence of my foes;My head Thou dost with oil anoint,And my cup overflows;It overflows, It overflows,And my cup overflows;My head Thou dost with oil anoint,And my cup overflows.
- 5Goodness and mercy all my daysWill surely follow me:And in my Father's heart alwaysMy dwelling place shall be;My dwelling place, My dwelling place,My dwelling place shall be,And in my Father's heart alwaysMy dwelling place shall be.
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In the hymnals
- The words are in 770 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.