Psalm 23 – The Lord is my Shepherd
One of the best loved psalms among both Jews and Christians is the Psalm "The Lord is my Shepherd (Psalm 23). We publish here a number of links to very different performances of the psalm.
In the heat of summer, we pray with particular intention the verse: "He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside still waters". In these days, the children's summer camp of the Vicariate is underway and we pray the psalm for our children and for their experience of being one flock with one shepherd.
1. Psalm 23 according to a traditional Jewish melody, sung by Gadi Elon
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2. Psalm 23 performed by Gad Elbaz and Itsik Shimli
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3. The Lord is my Shepherd (Psalm 23) from the Jewish American composer Leonard Bernstein, a part of his "Chichester Psalms", performed by the choir of Clare College in Cambridge.
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4. Psalm 23 – composed by contemporary British composer, John Rutter
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5. Psalm 23 performed by "The Boys' Choir"
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6. Psalm 23 in American Black Gospel style
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7. Psalm 23 in Greek according to the Byzantine tradition
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8. Psalm 23 (and other psalms) in Arabic according to the Byzantine tradition
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9. Psalm 23 sung in French by Ivory Coast singer Alpha Bondy during a concert in Jerusalem. The psalm is part of a song for peace in Jerusalem sung in Hebrew, Arabic and English.
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