Hymn · Psalm 23

The Good Shepherd

EWING · 7.6.7.6.D · words from The Psalter, 1912 · music Alexander C. Ewing

auto-underlaid These words and this tune share a meter but have no hand-edited setting; the underlay was fitted automatically (syllable-for-note, validated).

1.The Lord my Shepherd holds me
Within His tender care,
And with His flock He folds me,
No want shall find me there.
In pastures green He feeds me,
With plenty I am blest;
By quiet streams He leads me
And makes me safely rest.

2.Whatever ill betides me,
He will restore and bless;
For His Name's sake He guides me
In paths of righteousness.
Thy rod and staff shall cheer me
In death's dark vale and shade,
For Thou wilt then be near me:
I shall not be afraid.

3.My food Thou dost appoint me,
Supplied before my foes;
With oil Thou dost anoint me,
My cup of bliss o'erflows.
Thy goodness Lord, shall guide me,
Thy mercy cheer my way;
A home Thou wilt provide me
Within Thy house for aye.

Try these words on another tune

WOODBIRD — German, 17th century
AURELIA — Samuel Sebastian Wesley
PASSION CHORALE — Hans Leo Hassler
TEMPUS ADEST FLORIDUM — 13th Century spring carol; first published in the Swedish Piae Cantones
WIE LIEBLICH IST DER MAIEN — Johann Steuerlein

Other words for this tune

Jerusalem the Golden — Bernard of Cluny
Peril and Prayer — The Psalter, 1912
Sin and Forgiveness — The Psalter, 1912
Trust in the Mercy of God — The Psalter, 1912
Commemoration and Praise — The Psalter, 1912
Delight in Church Ordinances — The Psalter, 1912
Gentle Mary Laid Her Child — Joseph S. Cook
Hosanna, Loud Hosanna — Jennette Threlfall
In Heavenly Love Abiding — Anna Laetitia Waring
Lead On, O King Eternal — Ernest W. Shurtleff
O Day of Rest and Gladness — Christopher Wordsworth
O Jesus, I Have Promised — John Ernest Bode
O Sacred Head, Now Wounded — Bernard of Clairvaux
O Word of God Incarnate — William Walsham How
Of The Father's Love Begotten — Aurelius Prudentius Clemens
Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers — Laurentius Laurenti
Sing to the Lord of Harvest — John S. B. Monsell
Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus — George Duffield
The Church's One Foundation — Samuel John Stone
The Dominion of Jesus Christ — The Psalter, 1912
The Sands of Time Are Sinking — Anne Ross Cousin
True Blessedness — The Psalter, 1912

Same meter but needs editorial underlay: ANGEL'S STORY, DIVINUM MYSTERIUM, ELLACOMBE, LANCASHIRE, LLANGLOFFAN, MEIRIONYDD, MUNICH, RUTHERFORD, WEBB.

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