"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.
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.