The Lord's My Shepherd

Text by 1650 from the Scottish Psalter

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About this hymn

Date: 1650
Tune: Marosa Brother James Air
Composer: James Leith Macbeth Bain
Key: D
Meter: 8 6 8 6 8 6 8 6

Historical background

This edition is preserved in the Open Hymnal Project at source revision d35811b2d5c9. Contributor and publication details below are reproduced from the score metadata rather than inferred.

Theology & Scripture

The source index associates this text with Assurance, Calmness, Comfort, Courage in Affliction, Darkness, Spiritual, Faithfulness.

Ps 23:1-6 · Jn 10:11-15 · Rev 7:17 · Ez 34:23 · Is 40:10-11 · Heb 13:20-21

Musical background

Marosa Brother James Air is presented in the source key of D, with four documented parts.

Sources & rights

Verified for United States on 2026-10-13. Public domain — source score marking

Words: Psalm 23 from the Scottish Psalter, 1650 alt. by James Leith Macbeth Bain, 1915. Music and Setting: 'Marosa' or 'Brother James` Air' James Leith Macbeth Bain, 1915, alt. copyright: public domain. This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2013 Revision.