The Evangelical Hymnal with Tunes ‎#375

375. The Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a Shepherd's care

1 The Lord my pasture shall prepare,
And feed me with a Shepherd's care;
His Presence shall my wants supply,
And guard me with a watchful Eye.
My noonday walks He shall attend,
And all my midnight hours defend.

2 When in the sultry glebe I faint,
Or on the thirsty mountain pant,
To fertile vales and dewy meads,
My weary, wandering steps He leads;
Where peaceful rivers soft and slow,
Amid the verdant landskips flow.

3 Though in the paths of death I tread,
With gloomy horrors overspread,
My steadfast heart shall fear no ill,
For Thou, O Lord, art with me still;
Thy friendly crook shall give me aid,
And guide me through the dreadful shade,

4 Though in a bare and rugged way,
Through devious, lonely wilds I stray.
Thy bounty shall my pains beguile,
The barren wilderness shall smile,
With sudden greens and herbage crown'd,
And streams shall murmur all around.
                                           Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: The Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a Shepherd's care
• Author: Joseph Addison (1712)
• Publication Date: 1880
• Scripture:
  Psalm 23

Tune Information

• Name: Wismar
• Composer: Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630) (1628)
• Incipit: 13455 43256 71766
• Key: D Major