Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) ‎#87

87. The Lord's My Shepherd, I'll Not Want

1 The Lord's my Shepherd, I'll not want;
He makes me down to lie
In pastures green; he leadeth me
The quiet waters by.

2 My soul he doth restore again;
And me to walk doth make
Within the paths of righteousness,
E'en for his own name's sake.

3 Yea, though I walk in death's dark vale,
Yet will I fear none ill,
For thou art with me; and thy rod
And staff me comfort still.

4 My table thou hast furnished
In presence of my foes;
My head thou dost with oil anoint,
And my cup overflows.

5 Goodness and mercy all my life
Shall surely follow me:
And in God's house for evermore
My dwelling place shall be.

Text Information

• First Line: The Lord's my Shepherd, I'll not want
• Title: The Lord's My Shepherd, I'll Not Want
• Author: Francis Rous
• Author (and others): William Mure
• Meter: C.M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1990
• Scripture:
  Psalm 23
• Topic: Funerals; God: His Faithfulness; Family Worship; God: Love and Grace of; Life: Everlasting; Post-Communion
• Source: Scottish Psalter, 1650

Tune Information

• Name: CRIMOND
• Composer: Jessie Seymour Irvine (1871)
• Arranger: T.C.L. Pritchard (1929; alt.)
• Meter: C.M.
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Tune from the Scottish Psalter by permission of Oxford University Press.