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| 1 | The Lamb of God our Shepherd is, | Psalm 23; Isaiah 40:11; Song of Solomon 2:16; Psalm 23:1 |
| And He who doth us feed; |
| While He is ours and we are His, |
| What can we want or need? |
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| 2 | He leads us to the tender grass, | Psalm 23:2 |
| And there we feed and rest; |
| Then to the streams that gently pass, |
| In both we have the best. |
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| 3 | And if we stray, He doth convert | Psalm 23:3 |
| And bring our minds in frame; |
| And all this not for our desert, |
| But for His holy name. |
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| 4 | Yea, in death's shady, black abode, | Psalm 23:4 |
| Well may we walk, nor fear |
| While Thou art with us, and Thy rod |
| To guide, Thy staff to bear. |
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| 5 | If through the darksome vale of death |
| We pass, we need not fear; |
| Our Saviour, He who gave us breath, |
| Brings light and triumph there. |
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| 6 | Yea, in the face of deadliest foes | Psalm 23:5 |
| He spreads our board in peace; |
| In Him secure may we repose, |
| While all our joys increase. |
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| 7 | Surely Thy sweet and wondrous love | Psalm 23:6 |
| Shall measure all our days; |
| Thy Father's house, our home above, |
| Where dwells eternal praise. |
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