"The Lord My Shepherd Is"
                           by Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
                                  Text From:
                              THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL
                 (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1941)



        1. The Lord my Shepherd is,
        I shall be well supplied.
        Since He is mine and I am His,
        What can I want beside?

        2. He leads me to the place
        Where heav'nly pasture grows,
        Where living waters gently pass
        And full salvation flows.

        3. If e'er I go astray,
        He doth my soul reclaim
        And guides me in His own right way
        For His most holy name.

        4. While He affords His aid,
        I cannot yield to fear;
        Though I should walk through death's dark shade,
        My Shepherd's with me there.

        5. Amid surrounding foes
        Thou dost my table spread;
        My cup with blessing overflows,
        And joy exults my head.

        6. The bounties of Thy love
        Shall crown my following days,
        Nor from Thy house will I remove
        Nor cease to speak Thy praise.

        

        Notes:
        Hymn #426 from _The Lutheran Hymnal_
        Text: Psalm 23
        Author: Isaac Watts, 1719
        Composer: John S. Bach, 1750, ad.
        Tune: "Potsdam"
        1st Published in: _Church Psalter_, 1854
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