Even now,
we sometimes do that with the songs of
David in our churches.
One of the Psalms that everybody loves
is a song that David made when he remembered
the days before he came to Saul's
camp. He remembered the days and nights
he used to spend in the fields with the
sheep, when he was just a shepherd boy;
and he thought to himself that God had
taken care of him just as carefully as he
used to care for the little lambs. It is a
beautiful song; I wish we knew the music
that David made for it, but we only
know his words. I will tell it to you now,
and then you may learn it, to say for
yourselves.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not
want.
He maketh me to lie down in green
pastures; he leadeth me beside the still
waters.
He restoreth my soul; he leadeth me
in the paths of righteousness for his
name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley
of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil;
for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff
they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the
presence of mine enemies: thou anointest
my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow
me all the days of my life; and I will
dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
THE HIDDEN SERVANTS[1]
[1] Adapted, with quotations, from the poem in The Hidden
Servants, by Francesca Alexander (Little, Brown & Co.
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