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Thursday, April 29, 2010

My Shepherd Will Supply My Need

My Shepherd will supply my need;
Jehovah is His name;
In pastures fresh He makes me feed,
Beside the living stream.
He brings my wand'ring spirit back,
When I forsake His ways;
And leads me, for His mercy's sake,
In paths of truth and grace.

When I walk through the shades of death
Thy presence is my stay;
One word of Thy supporting breath
Drives all my fears away.
Thy hand, in sight of all my foes,
Doth still my table spread;
My cup with blessings overflows,
Thine oil anoints my head.

The sure provisions of my God
Attend me all my days;
O may Thy 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.

RESIGNATION C.M.D.
Based on Psalm 23
Isaac Watts, 1719
Folk Hymn
F. Lewis' Beauties of Harmony, c. 1828
Version from Joseph Funk's Genuine Church Music, 1832
The Mennonite Hymnal, 1969, Herald Press

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