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THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · May 12, 1898

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 24, No. 19.

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“THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD.”

By Eugene Field

[The following beautiful paraphrase in verse of the twenty-third psalm was one of the earlier poetic efforts of the late Eugene Field.]
My Shepherd is the Lord my God— There is no want I know; His flock He leads in verdant meads, Where tranquil waters flow.
He doth restore my fainting soul With His divine caress, And, when I stray, He points the way To paths of righteousness.
Yea, tho I walk the vale of death, What evil shall I fear? Thy staff and rod are mine, O God, And Thou, my Shepherd, near!
Mine enemies behold the feast Which my dear Lord hath spread; And, lo, my cup He filleth up, With oil anoints my head!
Goodness and mercy shall be mine Unto my dying day; Then will I bide at His dear side Forever and for aye.