Thursday, May 28, 2009

The 23 Psalm - Native American Version

The Twenty-third Psalm
Native American Version (not my work)

The Great Father above a Shepherd Chief is.
I am His, and with Him I want not. He throws out to me a rope,
And the name of the rope is love.
He draws me to where the grass is green,
And the water’s not dangerous.I eat and lie down and am satisfied. Sometimes my heart is very weak and falls down,
But He lifts me up again,
And draws me into a good road. His name is WONDERFUL.Sometime soon, or it may be a long, long time, He will draw me into a valley. It is dark there, but I'll be afraid not, For it is in between those mountains That the Shepherd Chief will meet me And the hunger that I have in my heart All through this life will be satisfied. Sometimes He makes the love rope into a whip
But afterwards He gives me a staff to lean upon

He spreads a table before me with all kinds of foods. He puts His hand upon my head,
And all the "tired" is gone. My cup He fills ‘till it runs over.
What I tell is true; I lie not. These roads that are "away ahead" Will stay with me through this life and after; And afterwards I will go to live In the Big Tepee
And sit down with the Shepherd Chief forever.

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