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Text:My Shepherd Is the Lord My God
Author:Anonymous
Tune:TALLIS' ORDINAL
Composer:Thomas Tallis
Media:MIDI file

4364. My Shepherd Is the Lord My God

1. My shepherd is the Lord my God;
What can I want beside?
He leads me where green pastures are,
And where cool waters hide.

2. He will refresh my soul again,
When I am faint and sore,
And guide my step for His name’s sake,
In right paths evermore.

3. Though I should walk the vale of death,
I should not know a fear.
Thy rod and staff they comfort me:
Thou, Lord, art ever near.

4. A table Thou hast spread for me
In presence of my foes;
Thou dost anoint my head with oil,
My cup, Lord, overflows.

5. Thy goodness and Thy mercy, Lord,
Will surely follow me,
And in Thy house forevermore
My dwelling place shall be.

Text Information
First Line: My shepherd is the Lord my God
Title: My Shepherd Is the Lord My God
Author: Anonymous
Meter: CM
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Paraphrase of Psalm 23
Tune Information
Name: TALLIS' ORDINAL
Composer: Thomas Tallis (ca. 1567)
Meter: CM
Incipit: 13455 66551 76651
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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