by Moses Mendelssohn (1729 - 1786)
Translation © by Malcolm Wren

Gott ist mein Hirt, mir wird nichts...
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Hebrew (עברית) 
Our translations:  DUT ENG SPA
1. Psalm Davids.
   Gott ist mein Hirt, mir wird nichts mangeln.
2. Er lagert mich auf grüne Weide;
   Er leitet mich an stillen Bächen:
3. Er labt mein schmachtendes Gemüth,
   Und führt mich auf gerechtem Steige,
   Zu seines Namens Ruhm. -
4. Und wall' ich auch im Todesschattenthale;
   So wall' ich ohne Furcht:
   Denn du begleitest mich.
   Dein Stab und deine Stütze
   Sind immerdar mein Trost.
5. Du richtest mir ein Freudenmahl
   Im Angesicht der Feinde zu:
   Du salbst mein Haupt mit Oele,
   Und schenkst mir volle Becher ein;
6. Mir folget Heil und Seligkeit
   In diesem Leben nach,
   Einst ruh' ich ewige Zeit,
   Dort in des Ew'gen Haus.

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Confirmed with Die Psalmen. Uebersetzt von Moses Mendelssohn. Zweite, rechtmäßige und verbesserte Auflage. Mit allergnädigsten Freyheiten. Berlin, bey Friedrich Maurer, 1788, pages 47-48; and with Moses Mendelssohn's sämmtliche Werke. Achter Band. Enthält: die Psalmen. Wörtlich nach der vierten Original-Auflage. Ofen, u. Groß-Wardein 1819. In der Paul Burian'schen Buchhandlung, pages 59-60.


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God is my shepherd, I shall want for...
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Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
Psalm of David
God is my shepherd, I shall want for nothing.
He lets me rest on green meadows;
He leads me by quiet streams:
He nourishes my languishing mind,
And leads me along the right tracks,
To honour his name. - 
And if I walk in the valley of the shadow of death
I shall walk without fear:
Because you are leading me.
Your staff and your support
Are always there to offer me comfort.
You have prepared a celebratory meal for me
In the face of my enemies:
You anoint my head with oil,
And provide me with a full, full cup;
Salvation and happiness follow me
All the way in this life,
I shall eventually rest for eternity
There in the house of the eternal one.

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Translations of title(s):
"Der 23. Psalm" = "The 23rd Psalm"
"Psalm XXIII" = "Psalm 23"


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