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Text: | The Lord my pasture shall prepare |
Author: | Joseph Addison, 1672-1719 |
Tune: | SURREY |
Composer: | Henry Carey, c. 1687-1743 |
1 THE Lord my pasture shall prepare,
And feed me with a shepherd's care;
His presence shall my wants supply,
And guard me with a watchful eye;
My noonday walks he shall attend,
And all my midnight hours defend.
2 When in the sultry glebe I faint,
Or on the thirsty mountain pant,
To fertile vales and dewy meads
My weary wandering steps he leads,
Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow,
Amid the verdant landscape flow.
3 Though in a bare and rugged way
Through devious lonely wilds I stray,
Thy bounty shall my pains beguile;
The barren wilderness shall smile
With sudden greens and herbage crowned,
And streams shall murmur all around.
4 Though in the paths of death I tread,
With gloomy horrors overspread,
My steadfast heart shall fear no ill,
For thou, 0 Lord, art with me still:
Thy friendly staff shall give me aid,
And guide me through the dreadful shade.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The Lord my pasture shall prepare |
Author: | Joseph Addison, 1672-1719 |
Meter: | 88 88 88 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1986 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | God in Nature |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SURREY |
Composer: | Henry Carey, c. 1687-1743 |
Meter: | 88 88 88 |
Key: | F Major |
Copyright: | By permission of William Elkin Music Services, Sole Agents for J. Curwen & Sons Ltd. |