May The Shepherd Be With You

 

This Sunday's Psalm is my favorite, Psalm 23. Each half verse has meant something special at different times of my life. As a child it was the image of, "though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death." Now it is, "I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever." I am haunted by the final measures of John Rutter's version which I have sung many times. If you have a chance, listen to it below.

23 Dominus regit me

1 The Lord is my shepherd; *

I shall not be in want.

2 He makes me lie down in green pastures *

and leads me beside still waters.

3 He revives my soul *

and guides me along right pathways for his Name's sake.

4 Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

I shall fear no evil; *

for you are with me;

your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

5 You spread a table before me in the presence of those who trouble me; *

you have anointed my head with oil,

and my cup is running over.

6 Surely your goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, *

and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

Amen, amen, amen.