The work was composed in circa 1852 in St. Florian, but it is unknown when it was performed at that time.

The first known performance occurred on 11 October 1921 in St. Florian by Franz Xaver Müller.

[3][1] Der Herr ist Hirt und Versorger (The Lord is shepherd and caregiver) The 131-bar work in E-flat major is scored for SATB choir and soloists, and piano.

The setting of the first part is in general homophone, with a few imitations on "So will ich nichts Übles fürchten", "Du has bereitet einen Tisch", "wie herrlich ist er!"

[3] As in Bruckner's contemporaneous Magnificat the verses are sung as an Arioso alternatingly by the choir and the soloists.