PSALM 23

[from the book A Collection of Sacred Writings by Jonathan Star]

"The Lord is my shepherd,

I shall not want.

He brings me to where the grass is green

and leads me to where the waters are still.

I drink--and I am filled with life!

All I do is call out His Name

and the right path appears before me.

Even though I walk through this world,

where the shadow of death falls on everyone,

I fear no harm--

for He is always with me,

His staff is always ready to protect me.

In this place filled with hunger

the Lord has spread out a table of delights

and bathed my head in scented oil.

My heart is filled with His Love;

Goodness and Purity will follow me

every day of my life.

Although appearing like others,

I do not live in this world of men:

I live in the Lord's house,

and am forever in His keeping."