Chalice Hymnal ‎#79

79. God Is My Shepherd

1 God is my shepherd, I'll not want,
I feed in pastures green.
God grants me rest and bids me drink
from waters calm and clean.
Through daily tasks, I'm blessed and led
by one I have not one seen.

2 Restored to life each morning new,
I rise up from the dust
to follow God whose presence gives
me confidence and trust.
I praise the name of God today;
in God I put my trust.

3 When I must pass through shadowed vale,
where loss and death await,
I will not fear for God is there,
my shepherd strong and great,
whose rod and staff will comfort me
and all my fears abate.

4 No enemy can overcome,
no power on earth defeat
the one anointed by God's grace
and fed with manna sweet.
My cup is filled and overflows
as I my Savior greet.

5 Goodness and mercy all my days
will surely follow me;
and where God reigns in heaven and earth,
my dwelling place will be.
My shepherd blesses, cares, and leads
through all eternity.

Text Information

• First Line: God is my shepherd, I'll not want
• Title: God Is My Shepherd
• Adapter: Lavon Bayler (1992)
• Meter: 86.86.86
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1995
• Scripture:
  Psalm 23
• Topic: God Beyond All Name and Form: Providence and Care; Assurance; Comfort; Eternal Life; Funerals and Memorial Services; God; God: Providence
• Source: Scottish Psalter, 1650
• Copyright: Text adapt. © 1992 The Pilgrim Press

Tune Information

• Name: BROTHER JAMES' AIR
• Composer: J. L. Macbeth Bain (1915)
• Harmonizer: Gordon Jacob (1934)
• Adapter: Walter W. Felton (1955)
• Meter: 86.86.86
• Key: D Major
• Copyright: harm. © 1934 Oxford University Press