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.

Footnotes

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

Genesis 48:8-19

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⁸When Israel^(A) saw the sons of Joseph,^(B) he asked, “Who are these?”

⁹“They are the sons God has given me here,”^(C) Joseph said to his father.

Then Israel said, “Bring them to me so I may bless^(D) them.”

¹⁰Now Israel’s eyes were failing because of old age, and he could hardly see.^(E) So Joseph brought his sons close to him, and his father kissed them^(F) and embraced them.^(G)

¹¹Israel^(H) said to Joseph, “I never expected to see your face again,^(I) and now God has allowed me to see your children too.”^(J)

¹²Then Joseph removed them from Israel’s knees^(K) and bowed down with his face to the ground.^(L) ¹³And Joseph took both of them, Ephraim on his right toward Israel’s left hand and Manasseh on his left toward Israel’s right hand,^(M) and brought them close to him. ¹⁴But Israel^(N) reached out his right hand and put it on Ephraim’s head,^(O) though he was the younger,^(P) and crossing his arms, he put his left hand on Manasseh’s head, even though Manasseh was the firstborn.^(Q)

¹⁵Then he blessed^(R) Joseph and said,

“May the God before whom my fathers
    Abraham and Isaac walked faithfully,^(S)
the God who has been my shepherd^(T)
    all my life to this day,
¹⁶the Angel^(U) who has delivered me from all harm^(V)
    —may he bless^(W) these boys.^(X)
May they be called by my name
    and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac,^(Y)
and may they increase greatly
    on the earth.”^(Z)

¹⁷When Joseph saw his father placing his right hand^(AA) on Ephraim’s head^(AB) he was displeased; so he took hold of his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head. ¹⁸Joseph said to him, “No, my father, this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”^(AC)

¹⁹But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He too will become a people, and he too will become great.^(AD) Nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he,^(AE) and his descendants will become a group of nations.^(AF)”

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Mark 6:30-34

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Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand^(A)^(B)

³⁰The apostles^(C) gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught.^(D) ³¹Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat,^(E) he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”

³²So they went away by themselves in a boat^(F) to a solitary place. ³³But many who saw them leaving recognized them and ran on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them. ³⁴When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd.^(G) So he began teaching them many things.

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