{"id":2639,"date":"2011-12-17T10:49:15","date_gmt":"2011-12-17T16:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/?p=2639"},"modified":"2011-12-17T10:49:15","modified_gmt":"2011-12-17T16:49:15","slug":"psalm-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/psalm-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Psalm 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Sunday, we&#8217;re looking at the psalm of the shepherd, Psalm 23. Invite a friend to come along at 9:00 or 10:45 AM.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Lord is my shepherd; no want shall I know.<br \/>\nHe makes me lie down where the green pastures grow;<br \/>\nHe leads me to rest where the calm waters flow.<\/p>\n<p>My wandering steps he brings back to his way,<br \/>\nIn straight paths of righteousness making me stay;<br \/>\nAnd this he has done his great name to display.<\/p>\n<p>Though I walk in death\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s valley, where darkness is near,<br \/>\nBecause you are with me, no evil I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll fear;<br \/>\nYour rod and your staff bring me comfort and cheer.<\/p>\n<p>In the sight of my enemies a table you spread.<br \/>\nThe oil of rejoicing you pour on my head;<br \/>\nMy cup overflows and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m graciously fed.<\/p>\n<p>So surely your covenant mercy and grace<br \/>\nWill follow me closely in all my ways;<br \/>\nI will dwell in the house of the Lord all my days.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8211; From <em>Sing Psalms: New Metrical Versions of the Book of Psalms<\/em> (Free Church of Scotland, 2003).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Sunday, we&#8217;re looking at the psalm of the shepherd, Psalm 23. Invite a friend to come along&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/psalm-23\/\">Continue Reading &rsaquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54,38],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2639"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2639"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2644,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2639\/revisions\/2644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}