There's Peace and Calm In The Twenty-Third Psalm

THERE'S PEACE AND CALM
IN THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM

by HELEN STEINER RICE



WITH THE LORD AS YOUR SHEPHERD
YOU HAVE ALL THAT YOU NEED
FOR IF YOU FOLLOW IN HIS FOOTSTEPS
WHEREVER HE MAY LEAD,
HE WILL GUARD AND GUIDE AND KEEP
YOU IN HIS LOVING, WATCHFUL CARE,
AND WHEN TRAVELING IN DARK VALLEYS,
YOUR SHEPHERD WILL BE THERE.
HIS GOODNESS IS UNFAILING,
HIS KINDNESS KNOWS NO END,
FOR THE LORD IS A GOOD SHEPHERD
ON WHOM YOU CAN DEPEND.
SO WHEN YOUR HEART IS TROUBLED,
YOU'LL FIND QUIET PEACE AND CALM
IF YOU OPEN UP THE BIBLE AND JUST
READ THIS TREASURED PSALM.





THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD, I SHALL NOT WANT;
HE MAKES ME LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES.
HE LEADS ME BESIDES STILL WATERS;
HE RESTORES MY SOUL.



PSALM 23: 1-3







BUT THOU, O LORD, ART A
GOD MERCIFUL AND GRACIOUS,
SLOW TO ANGER AND ABUNDANT
IN LOVINGKINDNESS AND TRUTH.



PSALM 86:15
NAS



BUT I HAVE TRUSTED IN YOUR MERCY;
MY HEART SHALL REJOICE IN YOUR SALVATION.



PSALM 13:5
NKJV



HELP US, O GOD OF OUR SALVATION,
FOR THE GLORY OF YOUR NAME;
DELIVER US, AND FORGIVE OUR SINS,
FOR YOUR NAME'S SAKE.



PSALM 79:9
NRSV



DO NOT REMEMBER THE SINS OF MY YOUTH
OR MY REBELLIOUS WAYS.
REMEMBER ME, O LORD, IN KEEPING WITH
YOUR MERCY AND YOUR GOODNESS.



PSALM 25:7
GOD'S WORD



LET ME TAKE REFUGE IN THE SHELTER
OF THY WINGS.



PSALM 61:4
NASB



THE UNFOLDING OF YOUR WORDS GIVES LIGHT;
IT IMPARTS UNDERSTANDING TO THE SIMPLE.



PSALM 119:130
NRSV



YOU MADE ME AND FORMED ME WITH YOUR HANDS.
GIVE ME UNDERSTANDING SO I CAN LEARN
YOUR COMMANDS.



PSALM 119:73
NCV



FOR WITH YOU IS THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE;
IN YOUR LIGHT WE SEE LIGHT.
CONTINUE YOUR LOVE TO THOSE WHO KNOW YOU,
YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS TO THE UPRIGHT IN HEART.



PSALM 36:9-10
NIV



BLESSED IS THE PEOPLE THAT KNOW THE
JOYFUL SOUND: THEY SHALL WALK, O LORD,
IN THE LIGHT OF THY COUNTENANCE.



PSALM 89:15
KJV