The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
Psalm 23:1
Words: Scottish Psalter, 1650.
Music: Crimond Jessie S. Irvine, in The Northern Psalter, 1872. Harmony by David Grant (🔊 pdf nwc). This tune was used at the 1947 wedding of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.
Alternate Tunes:
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.
My soul He doth restore again;
And me to walk doth make
Within the paths of righteousness,
Even for His own name’s sake.
Yea, though I walk in death’s dark vale,
Yet will I fear no ill;
For Thou art with me; and Thy rod
And staff my comfort still.
My table Thou hast furnishèd
In presence of my foes;
My head Thou dost with oil anoint,
And my cup overflows.
Goodness and mercy all my life
Shall surely follow me;
And in God’s house forevermore
My dwelling place shall be.