Indeed, the Queen selected The Lord Is My Shepherd to be sung at her funeral on Monday, September 19, 2022. The song, based on the words of Psalm 23, is believed to be one of her favourites.

Since shepherds weren’t by definition males—and in fact by definition both males and females—then Psalm 23’s metaphor of God as a shepherd need not be limited to being represented as a male shepherd.

“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” Even if you haven’t read the Bible very much, you are probably familiar with that line from Psalm 23.

Psalm 23 is just one well-spring of insight into the bigger picture. Take a moment, and drink in these words of life: Psalm 23 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Loading audio... Based on the 23rd psalm of the Book of Psalms, ‘ The Lord’s my Shepherd ’ is a hymn which describes God as a shepherd, protecting his ‘flock’. From the King James Bible, the verse ...