My Shepherd Will Supply
Words by Isaac Watts; music by Kevin Ball with Suno. Produced with Suno.
The story
I arranged this hymn shortly before my daughter left on her mission. We performed it together, and it moved me more deeply than I expected.
Isaac Watts wrote these words nearly three hundred years ago, but as a father sending a child out into the world, they felt written for us. Especially the last line: no more a stranger or a guest, but like a child at home.
Kevin
Lyrics
Verse 1
My Shepherd will supply my need;
Jehovah is His Name;
In pastures fresh He makes me feed
Beside the living stream.
He brings my wand’ring spirit back
When I forsake His ways,
And leads me, for His mercy’s sake,
In paths of truth and grace.
Verse 2
When I walk thru 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.
Verse 3
The sure provisions of my God
Attend me all my days;
O may Thy house be mine abode,
And all my work 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.