640. My Shepherd Will Supply My Need

1 My Shepherd will supply my need;
most holy is your name.
In pastures fresh you make me feed,
beside the living stream.
You bring my wand’ring spirit back,
when I forsake your ways,
and lead me for your mercy’s sake,
in paths of truth and grace.

2 When I walk through the shades of death,
your presence is my stay.
One word of your supporting breath
drives all my fears away.
Your hand, in sight of all my foes,
does still my table spread.
My cup with blessings overflows,
your oil anoints my head.

3 The sure provisions of my God
attend me all my days.
Oh, may your house be my abode,
and all my work be praise.
There would I find a settled rest,
while others go and come,
no more a stranger, nor a guest,
but like a child at home.

Text Information
First Line: My Shepherd will supply my need
Title: My Shepherd Will Supply My Need
Author: Isaac Watts
Meter: CMD
Publication Date: 2020
Scripture: ;
Topic: Confessing Faith; God: Images and Names of; Nurturing Faith (3 more...)
Source: based on Psalm 23; Psalms of David . . ., 1719, alt.
Tune Information
Name: RESIGNATION
Harmonizer: J. Harold Moyer (1965)
Meter: CMD
Key: D Major
Source: American traditional (USA), early 19th c.; version from Joseph Funk’s Genuine Church Music, 1st ed., 1832
Copyright: harm. © 1969 Faith & Life Press/Mennonite Publishing House (admin. MennoMedia)



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