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Psalm 23 (Dominus regit me)

by Sir Philip Sidney 1554–1586


The Lord, the Lord my shepheard is,
And so can never I
Tast missery.
He rests me in greene pasture his:
By waters still and sweete
He guides my feete.

Hee me revives; leades me the way,
Which righteousnesse doth take,
For his name sake.
Yea, though I should through valleys stray
Of deathes dark shade, I will
Noe whitt feare ill.

For thou, deere Lord, thou me besett'st;
Thy rodd and thy staff be
To comfort me:
Before me thou a table sett'st,
Even when foes envious eye
Doth it espy.

Thou oil'st my head, thou fill'st my cupp,
Nay, more, thou endlesse good,
Shalt give me food.
To thee, I say, ascended up,
Where thou, the Lord of all,
Dost hold thy hall.

MLA

Sidney, Philip. The Psalms of David (Psalms 1–43), Psalm 23 (Dominus regit me). Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/sidney-psalms/22/.

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Sidney, Philip. The Psalms of David (Psalms 1–43), Psalm 23 (Dominus regit me). Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/sidney-psalms/22/.

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