The Lord Is My Shepherd is a sacred choral composition by John Rutter, a setting of Psalm 23.
[2] Rutter composed it for Mel Olson and the Chancel Choir of the First United Methodist Church in Omaha, Nebraska.
[4][5] After a short instrumental introduction, the first verses are sung by the sopranos, while the men's voices continue in unison "He shall convert my soul".
"Yea, though I walk thro' the valley of the shadow of death" is expressed by five parts (with divided bass voices) in homophony in low register, while "I will fear no evil" turns to four part setting, which is kept for the following verses, structured by instrumental interludes.
All four voices begin in unison "And I will dwell" but divide for the climax "in the house of the Lord", reaching forte this only time in the piece.