23.5

It's Not All Green Pastures and Still Waters

The Lord is my shepherd;

I shall want only for Him.

He leads me in dry valleys,

beside empty ravines,

through violent rushing torrents.

He makes my soul feel want

That I might know fullness only in Him.

Even though I crawl through valleys

where death grabs hold

of my every dream and body and mind -

I will not fear.

You are here with me somewhere.

You prepare a morel of crust before me

in desert wastelands where enemies surround.

Surely suffering and sorrow will pursue,

and at times overtake me,

all the days of my life

but

I will rest at last

in the house of the Lord

forever.