Forever, You, Lord, are my shepherd
You open Your home;
There's nothing I need
Lifelong, You make me lie down
Contentment and rest
You have a home made for me

Chorus:
Your justice and mercy,
They comfort me; they comfort me.
I fear no evil, no misery,
For You are with me, yes, You are with me

Chorus:
Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord
Let us joyfully shout to the Rock who saves us

Let us come before Him with thanksgiving,
Shouting joyfully to Him with psalms
For the Lord is a great God,
And a great King above all Gods
In His hands are the depths of the earth,
Peaks and mountains so glorious and grand
His the oceans, created and owned,
He fashioned and formed the dry land

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green grass.
He leads me beside the waters so still.
He gives me my own soul back.

Chorus:
Surely goodness and mercy
Will follow me all of my days
And forevermore
In the house of the Lord
I’ll find an abiding place

For the honor and sake of His name alone
He guides me in righteous paths
I fear no evil, though I walk
Through valleys of dark and death

Little child, arise
Little child, arise
There is a Hand that’s reaching out for you
Little child, arise
Little child, arise
And hear the Shepherd’s voice ring out
So if you know His voice, sing out!

Chorus:
Blessing and glory,
Wisdom, thanksgiving,
Honor and power and might
Be to our God
Forever and ever;
With heaven we sing day and night

I got up from the banquet meal,
Ran away from my enemies.
Rejected the anointing that heals
Pushed away the joy You had for me

Chorus:
But through the darkness I see Your light
Your loving kindness and mercy bright
Will follow me for all my life
You’ll keep on searching
To take me home with You one more time
To take me home with You one more time

Refrain:
Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I will not carry fear, for You are here with me
I will not carry fear, for You are here with me

My Shepherd is the Lord; He makes me lie down in green pastures.
My Shepherd is the Lord; He leads me beside still pools.
My Shepherd is the Lord; He guides me along right paths
My Shepherd is the Lord; Bringing honor to His name

How many times?
How many days to walk this secret mission,
To stumble in the dark, praying for vision?
To strain with every step, trying to listen...

How many times?
How often must my heart suddenly shatter,
To wait for unseen Hands to piece together
This puzzle that no longer seems to matter

Chorus:
The sky is burned black, but the starlight persists
I cannot turn back,
When I've seen the morning follow so many nights like this
Oh, I've seen the morning follow so many nights like this...

My eyelids rise again,
Like the Lord on Easter Sunday,
But a stony silence weighs upon my heart.
The sunrise coming in
Through the window of a new day
Fails to find the valley of my dark.

Sometimes when I wake up I am
Not so sure that I want to be
Dragged into this world of pain again.
I wish that I could just roll over,
Turn my back on consequences
Of a world that’s soaking in its sin . . . its sin.

Chorus:
But even in the valley, You lead me to the pasture,
A stream running with laughter.
For You are here beside me,
To humble and to guide me,
And suddenly my eyes can see:
I will awake in my Daddy’s house
Every morning . . . every morning.