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The Lord Is My Shepherd (23rd Psalm) (Keith Green version) lyrics

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want
He makes me lie down in green pastures
He leades me beside the still water
He restoreth my soul
He guides my path in righteousness for His name's sake
 
Surely goodness and loving kindness
Shall follow me all the days of my life
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord
Forever and ever and ever
 
Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I will not fear, though art with me
Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me
Thou preparest a table
Before me in the presence of my enemies
 
Thou anointest my head with oil
My cup's overflowing
 
Surely goodness and loving kindness
Shall follow me all the days of my life
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord
Forever and ever and ever
 
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want
 

 

Comments
ScieraSciera
   Sun, 06/07/2014 - 20:07

Since Keith Green isn't the author of these lyrics I'll move that to the worship songs.

erika_hermierika_hermi    Sun, 06/07/2014 - 22:07

Well, I don't know if he is the author or not. Not the lyrics, of course, but how about the music? I never heard other people singing it.

ScieraSciera
   Sun, 06/07/2014 - 22:13

Here, for the purposes of this website, we count everything as a cover that has the same lyrics, no matter the music.

I looked it up and this text here is taken from the King James bible:
http://biblehub.com/kjvs/psalms/23.htm

erika_hermierika_hermi    Sun, 06/07/2014 - 22:15

Alright then. Well, not exactly the order was swapped, the last verses were repeated. But the translations would get wrong, then.

ScieraSciera
   Sun, 06/07/2014 - 22:18

I noticed that now, too, and just wanted to ask you to change the translations.
In your sources, the paragraphs aren't repeated either.

erika_hermierika_hermi    Mon, 07/07/2014 - 03:25

Ok, I'll do it when I have some time :)

ScieraSciera
   Sun, 06/07/2014 - 22:30

I've compared the version by Keith Green with the one from the King James bible, and there actually are enough differences that it might warrant to have an entry of its own. I've added it: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/keith-green-lord-my-shepherd-23rd-psalm-l...
Please don't add the translations you found to that entry since those are translations of the original text, not of the modificated one.

CoopysnoopyCoopysnoopy    Tue, 06/03/2018 - 16:50

The former video did not work. I added a working video and adapted the lyrics.

CoopysnoopyCoopysnoopy    Thu, 08/03/2018 - 09:28

Thank you for your Like. Afterwards I feared you could be angry, but it was just too late to change the lyrics back.