The Lord’s My Shepherd
Author: Psalm 23; Francis Rous
Composer: Varies by tune (see below)
Languages (10)
This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:
- Dutch: Mijn goede Herder is de Heer
- English: The Lord’s My Shepherd
- French: Dieu, l’Éternel, est mon berger
- French (French Polynesia): Jésus est mon divin berger / Iehova to’u tiai, E ore au e ere
- French (Haiti): Jésus est mon divin berger
- German: Der Herr, mein Hirte
- Korean: The Lord’s My Shepherd, I’ll Not Want
- Portuguese: O meu Senhor é meu Pastor
- Spanish: Es Jehová mi buen pastor
- Tahitian: Jésus est mon divin berger / Iehova to’u tiai, E ore au e ere
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Most common tunes for “The Lord’s My Shepherd”
This chart shows the tunes that are paired with this text most frequently, in hymnbooks and other collections published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. If the text appears with the same tune in multiple editions or translations of the same hymnbook, it is only counted once.
Appearances of “The Lord’s My Shepherd” over time
This timeline shows which tunes have been used with this text over time, in hymnbooks and other collections published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1650 or earlier.
Public domain
Earliest known source: Scottish Psalter, 1650.
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net:
Saints Hymnal (Bickerton) (1943), 99.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
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. He leadeth me, 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; 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 no ill; For Thou art with me, and Thy rod And staff me comfort still; 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. 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 forevermore My dwelling place shall be; And in God’s house forevermore My dwelling place shall be.