Tre Motetter (The lord leads me), known as: The Lord is my shepherd) are the first two verses of Psalm 23 (Psalm 22 in the Vulgate), reading in the KJ translation: "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters." (). "" is the 21st verse of Psalm 31 (the 22nd verse of Psalm 30 in the Vulgate), in the KJ version: "Blessed be the Lord: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city." (). The three motets were first performed on
Psalm 97 Psalm 97 Psalm 97 is the 97th psalm of the Book of Psalms, generally known in English by its first verse, in the King James Version, "The Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice", also as "The Lord is King". The Book of Psalms is the third section of the Hebrew Bible, and a book of the Christian Old Testament. In the Greek Septuagint version of the bible, and in its Latin translation Vulgate, this psalm is Psalm 96 in a slightly different numbering system. In Latin, it is known as "Dominus regnavit exultet terra". The psalm is a hymn psalm.