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Play “My Shepherd Will Supply My Need”
Free same-meter accompaniment for My Shepherd Will Supply My Need (Isaac Watts): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. ANNE (William Croft) in four-part harmony, 3 verses, with the words on screen. Choose the key and speed, add an introduction, project the words on a TV, or practice your own choir part. Made for churches and home groups without a musician.
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- 1My Shepherd will supply my need,
- Jehovah is his name;
- In pastures fresh he makes me feed,
- Beside the living stream.
- He brings my wandering spirit back,
- When I forsake his ways;
- And leads me, for his mercy's sake,
- In paths of truth and grace.
- 2When I walk through the shades of death,
- Thy presence is my stay;
- A word of thy supporting breath,
- Drives all my fears away.
- Thy hand, in sight of all my foes,
- Doth still my table spread;
- My cup with blessings overflows,
- Thine oil anoints my head.
- 3The sure provisions of my God
- Attend me all my days;
- Oh, may thy house be mine abode,
- And all my works be praise:
- There would I find a settled rest,
- While others go and come,
- NO more a stranger, or a guest,
- But like a child at home.
About this music
ST. ANNE — William Croft. Setting: composite found in "The Lutheran Hymnary", 1913.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from 'The Lutheran Hymnary', 1913, Hymn 261. Arrangement is composite, first half from "Hymns Ancient and Modern", 1869, Hymn 231. ed William Henry Monk Second half is from "The Hymnal Companion to the Book of Common Prayer", 1890, Hymn 279. ed. Charles Vincent, D.J. Wood, John Stainer; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the My Shepherd Will Supply My Need page.
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