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Mein Hirt ist Gott der Herr
Hymn with German text paraphrasing Psalm 23 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Mein Hirt ist Gott der Herr" (My shepherd is God the Lord) is a Christian hymn with German text by Caspar Ulenberg who paraphrased Psalm 23 in 1582. Based on his melody, Johannes Hatzfeld wrote a melody in 1948.
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Caspar Ulenberg paraphrased Psalm 23 (The Lord is my shepherd) in 1582.[1][2] In the Catholic hymnal Gotteslob, it is GL 421, in the section "Leben in Gott - Vertrauen und Trost" (Life in God – trust and consolation).[1] The song is in four stanzas in bar form. it is part of several hymnals.[3]
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