King David, deeply troubled and fearful that God had forsaken him, looked from his palace rooftop to the streets of Jerusalem below. He saw a young shepherd boy playing his flute and calmly making his way through the crowd. The memory of his own youth as a shepherd boy and his deep abiding trust in God rushed back to him. Suddenly, his fears vanished. He lifted his golden harp, and the song and prayer "The Lord is My Shepherd" burst joyously from his lips. 

Mrs. Petersham constructs this story with a reverent simplicity that is biblical in tone and language. She presents the famous Psalm in relation to an actual shepherd's life and role as guardian over his sheep. 

Beautifully illustrated in color with pictures that capture the splendor of the biblical poem, this book is enriching and inspiring reading for children of all denominations. 

From the dust jacket