Psalm 23: My Shepherd Will Supply My Need

From Southern Harmony, 1835. The melody, a tune from southern Appalachia, is known as "Resignation" and the composer is anonymous.The text is a paraphrase of Psalm 23 by Isaac Watts, collected in his Psalms of David from 1719. The sound on this recording is compromised because I was outdoors, and it was windy, but you can imagine the feeling of the wind with the music. The sweet peas in my hair came from the garden. Text: 1. 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. 2. When I walk through the shades of death, Thy presence is my stay; A 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. 3. The sure provisions of my God Attend me all my days; O may Thy house be mine 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.