The Lord is my Shepherd (Henry Thomas Smart)
Music files
ICON | SOURCE |
---|---|
Midi | |
MusicXML | |
Capella | |
File details | |
Help |
- Editor: Douglas Walczak (submitted 2022-11-30). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 111 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes:
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2021-03-30). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 177 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes:
General Information
Title: The Lord is my Shepherd
Composer: Henry Thomas Smart
Lyricist: William Smallcombe Passmore
Number of voices: 2vv Voicing: SA
Genre: Sacred, Anthem
Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard
First published: 1890 Novello's Octavo Edition of Two-part Songs for Female Voices no.22
Description:
External websites:
Original text and translations
English text
The Lord is my Shepherd, I never shall want,
For lack if His mercies, my soul shall not pant,
In pleasant green pastures I daily abide,
He leads me the peaceful still waters beside.
My soul He restoreth, and for His Name's sake,
The path of true righteousness bids me to take;
Yea, though I pass through death's valley and shade,
I will not by evil be ever dismayed.
The Lord is my Shepherd, I never shall want!
For Thou art my Shepherd, and with me alway,
Thy rod and thy staff are my comfort and stay;
My table Thou spreadest in presence of foes,
My head thou anointest, my cup overflows;
Thy goodness and mercy shall follow me still,
While life's earnest duties I daily fulfil,
Till joyous my spirit shall claim its reward,
And dwell evermore in the house of the Lord!
The Lord is my Shepherd, I never shall want!