Psalm 23

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Psalm 23

A psalm of David.

¹The Lord is my shepherd,^(A) I lack nothing.^(B)
²    He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,^(C)
³    he refreshes my soul.^(D)
He guides me^(E) along the right paths^(F)
    for his name’s sake.^(G)
⁴Even though I walk
    through the darkest valley,^[a]^(H)
I will fear no evil,^(I)
    for you are with me;^(J)
your rod and your staff,
    they comfort me.

⁵You prepare a table^(K) before me
    in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;^(L)
    my cup^(M) overflows.
⁶Surely your goodness and love^(N) will follow me
    all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
    forever.

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Footnotes

Psalm 23:4 Or the valley of the shadow of death

Psalm 119:176

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¹⁷⁶I have strayed like a lost sheep.^(A)
Seek your servant,
for I have not forgotten^(B) your commands.

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Psalm 119:176 in all English translations

Jeremiah 31:10

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¹⁰“Hear the word of the Lord, you nations;
proclaim it in distant coastlands:^(A)
‘He who scattered^(B) Israel will gather^(C) them
and will watch over his flock like a shepherd.’^(D)

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Jeremiah 31:10 in all English translations

Ezekiel 34:11-16

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¹¹“‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will search for my sheep^(A) and look after them. ¹²As a shepherd^(B) looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.^(C) ¹³I will bring them out from the nations and gather^(D) them from the countries, and I will bring them into their own land.^(E) I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the settlements in the land.^(F) ¹⁴I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel^(G) will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and there they will feed in a rich pasture^(H) on the mountains of Israel.^(I) ¹⁵I myself will tend my sheep and have them lie down,^(J) declares the Sovereign Lord.^(K) ¹⁶I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up^(L) the injured and strengthen the weak,^(M) but the sleek and the strong I will destroy.^(N) I will shepherd the flock with justice.^(O)