Psalm 23 - nowhere.wiki

The Lord Is My Shepherd A Psalm of David. Here, LORD is YHWH in Hebrew **23** The LORD is my [d](https://www.esv.org/Ps78.52%3BPs80.1%3BIs40.11%3BJr31.10%3BEze34.11-12%3BEze34.23%3BJn10.11%3BHb13.20%3B1P2.25%3B1P5.4 "Ps. 78:52; 80:1; Isa. 40:11; Jer. 31:10; Ezek. 34:11, 12, 23; John 10:11; Heb. 13:20; 1 Pet. 2:25; 5:4")shepherd; I shall not [e](https://www.esv.org/Ps34.9-10%3BMt6.33 "Ps. 34:9, 10; [Matt. 6:33]")want. **2** He makes me lie down in green [f](https://www.esv.org/Eze34.14%3BJn10.9 "Ezek. 34:14; John 10:9")pastures. He leads me beside still waters.[1](https://www.esv.org/Psalm+23/#f1- "Hebrew beside waters of rest") **3** He [g](https://www.esv.org/Ps19.7 "Ps. 19:7")restores my soul. He [h](https://www.esv.org/Ps5.8%3BPs31.3%3BPs139.10%3BPs139.24%3BPs143.10%3BIs40.11%3BIs49.10 "Ps. 5:8; 31:3; 139:10, 24; 143:10; Isa. 40:11; 49:10")leads me in [i](https://www.esv.org/Pr4.11%3BPr8.20 "Prov. 4:11; 8:20")paths of righteousness[2](https://www.esv.org/Psalm+23/#f2- "Or in right paths") for his [j](https://www.esv.org/Ps25.11%3BPs31.3%3BPs79.9%3BPs109.21%3BEze20.9%3BEze20.14 "Ps. 25:11; 31:3; 79:9; 109:21; Ezek. 20:9, 14")name’s sake. **4** Even though I [k](https://www.esv.org/Ps138.7 "Ps. 138:7")walk through the valley of [l](https://www.esv.org/Jb3.5 "See Job 3:5")the shadow of death,[3](https://www.esv.org/Psalm+23/#f3- "Or the valley of deep darkness") I will [m](https://www.esv.org/Ps3.6%3BPs27.1%3BPs27.3%3BPs118.6)fear no evil, for [n](https://www.esv.org/Ex3.12%3BIs43.2 "Ex. 3:12; Isa. 43:2")you are with me; your [o](https://www.esv.org/Mi7.14 "Mic. 7:14")rod and your staff, they comfort me. **5** You [p](https://www.esv.org/Ps78.19%3BPr9.2%3BJn6.51%3B2S17.27-29 "Ps. 78:19; [Prov. 9:2; John 6:51]; See 2 Sam. 17:27-29")prepare a table before me in [q](https://www.esv.org/Ps31.19 "[Ps. 31:19]")the presence of my enemies; you [r](https://www.esv.org/Ps45.7%3BPs133.2%3BLk7.46%3BPs92.10 "Ps. 45:7; 133:2; Luke 7:46; [Ps. 92:10]")anoint my head with oil; my [s](https://www.esv.org/Ps16.5 "Ps. 16:5")cup overflows. **6** Surely[4](https://www.esv.org/Psalm+23/#f4-) goodness and mercy[5](https://www.esv.org/Psalm+23/#f5- "Or steadfast love") shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall [t](https://www.esv.org/Ps27.4 "Ps. 27:4")dwell[6](https://www.esv.org/Psalm+23/#f6-) in the house of the LORD [u](https://www.esv.org/Ps21.4 "Ps. 21:4")forever.[7](https://www.esv.org/Psalm+23/#f7- "Hebrew for length of days") Shepherds carried both a rod and a staff. If a sheep were to go astray from the pack, he would break the legs to save them from the wolves. Sometimes, we have things happen that appear bad, negative, whatever, that God could be using to correct and realign us to his path of safety, his form of comfort and his place of protection, even if he has to correct and carry us. Those who are corrected are carried the closest.