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The Lord is my Shepherd
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The Lord is my Shepherd

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Oh Lord!
Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake. Psalms 6:4

The Lord is my Shepherd, my Guide, and my Friend in the time of need.
Psalms 23:1  ¶ The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2  He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3  He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake

He is always there to help me through every difficulty and keeps me from all harm.
¶Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Isaiah 41:10

He lifts me up when I have fallen and restores my joy in the time of sadness.
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Psalms 51:12

He takes me by the hand and leads me past those spiritual wolves along life's pathway that seek to destroy my soul and I pass by safely and without any harm.
Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. Proverbs 3:23
And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. Ezekiel 34:25

He keeps me on the straight and narrow road that leads to Heaven and everlasting life.
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Psalms 121:3

He gives spiritual freedom without the liberality of the left nor the harsh enforcement of moral law of the right.
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. John 8:32
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. Proverbs 4:27
Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. Luke 13:24

Both would seek to remove the freedom to follow after God with a heart filled with love.
Matthew 23:13  ¶But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.