The Lord is my Shepherd (Rutter) The Lord is my Shepherd (Rutter) The Lord is my Shepherd is a sacred choral composition by John Rutter, a setting of Psalm 23. The work was published by Oxford University Press in 1978. Marked "Slow but flowing", the music is in C major and 2/4 time. Rutter composed it for Mel Olson and the Chancel Choir of the First United Methodist Church in Omaha, Nebraska. He later included the work as a movement in his Requiem of 1985, then with orchestra or chamber ensemble.. In 1993, Rutter also made it part of his "Psalmfest", a collection of nine psalms
Psalm 116 Saint Paul in 2 Corinthians 4: 13. The Syriac church apply it to converts coming into the church. The Psalm has been used as public Prayer by Pope John Paul II, who called it a "Prayer of thanksgiving to the Lord" The Psalm is used in the Rule of St. Benedict, of Benedict of Nursia. However, Psalm 117 is now read in the Liturgy of the Hours. Henry calls it a "thanksgiving psalm", while Spurgeon saw it as A Psalm of Thanksgiving in the Person of Christ. " David Dickson, wrote "This Psalm is a threefold engagement of the Psalmist