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The Shepherd Psalm
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Lectionary Tales For The Pulpit
Series VI, Cycle A
The Shepherd Psalm appears on this Fourth Sunday of Easter every year. No doubt, it is the world's most favorite passage of scripture. It is used almost automatically at funerals: "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, thou art with me." That is the rendering from the King James Version that many of us memorized. More modern translations have it different (differences that have prompted some folks to ask, when it comes time for their funerals, please read the old, familiar words).