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My shepherd will supply my need Psalm 23

Isaac Watts's setting of Psalm 23, printed in 1719 in The Psalms of David Imitated, where he set the psalms "in the language of the New Testament".

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1719 The Psalms of David Imitated · no. 23

METRE

Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 6 stanzas

IN HYMNALS

256 listed at Hymnary.org

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 6 stanzas as Watts printed them, with the verses their lines echo beside them. Point at a line to join it to its verse; click to read the passage.

SHARED WORDSthe verse shares the line's wording ECHOproposed by an AI model, confirmed by a separate check Not the author's own notes

The psalm it sets

Watts made this hymn from Psalm 23, "in the language of the New Testament": a paraphrase, not a translation. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

1The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. 3He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name. 4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. … 2 more verses PSALM 23 · ITS FIRST VERSES · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ PSALM 23

My shepherd will supply my need, Jehovah is his name; In pastures fresh he makes me feed, Beside the living stream. STANZA I

Its place in the book

Watts's psalms run from Psalm 1 to Psalm 150, several settings to many psalms: 367 hymns. This is number 23. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 23 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN My shepherd will supply my need

Where hymnals place it

Printed hymnals list, for each hymn, the Bible passages it goes with, so a church can choose a hymn for the day's reading. Gathered from the hymnals Hymnary.org catalogues, editors have tied this hymn to 4 passages in 1 book. One square is one passage; a ringed square is one the hymn's own lines echo. Point at a square to read it; click to open it beside the page.

Psalms 4

PSALM 23 · THE WHOLE CHAPTERECHOED IN STANZA I, II, III, IV, V

1The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. 3He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name. 4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. … 2 more verses

a passage hymnals tie it to one its lines echo (4)

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