Saturday, February 22, 2025

My Shepherd Will Supply My Need

66 My Shepherd Will Supply My Need

1 My Shepherd, you supply my need,
   most holy is your name;
   in pastures fresh you make me feed,
   beside the living stream.
   You bring my wand'ring spirit back.
   when I forsake your ways;
   you lead me, for your mercy's sake,
   in paths of truth and grace.

2 When through the shades of death I walk,
   your presence is my stay;
   one word of your supporting breath
   drives all my fears away.
   Your hand in sight of all my foes,
   does still my table spread;
   my cup with Blessings overflows,
   your oil anoints my head.

3 Your sure provisions gracious God
   attend me all my days;
   oh, may your house be my abode,
   and all my work be praise.
   Here would I find a settled rest,
   while others go and come;
   no more a stranger, nor a guest,
   but like a child at home.
                         Isaac Watts
                         Hymns for the Family of God

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