Psalm 23

Common Metre (8,6,8,6)

Suggested Tunes: 46 Crimond, 147 Wiltshire, 140 Torwood, 109 St Columba

1    The Lord’s my shepherd, I’ll not want.

2         He makes me down to lie

      In pastures green: he leadeth me

            the quiet waters by.

3    My soul he doth restore again;

            and me to walk doth make

      Within the paths of righteousness,

            ev’n for his own name’s sake.

4    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.

5    My table thou hast furnished

            in presence of my foes;

      My head thou dost with oil anoint,

            and my cup overflows.

6    Goodness and mercy all my life

            shall surely follow me:

      And in God’s house for evermore

            my dwelling-place shall be.