Psalm 23

English Standard Version

The Lord Is My Shepherd

A Psalm of David.

23 The Lord is my ^(A)shepherd; I shall not ^(B)want.
²    He makes me lie down in green ^(C)pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.^[a]
³    He ^(D)restores my soul.
He ^(E)leads me in ^(F)paths of righteousness^[b]
    for his ^(G)name's sake.

⁴Even though I ^(H)walk through the valley of ^(I)the shadow of death,^[c]
    I will ^(J)fear no evil,
for ^(K)you are with me;
    your ^(L)rod and your staff,
    they comfort me.

⁵You ^(M)prepare a table before me
    in ^(N)the presence of my enemies;
you ^(O)anoint my head with oil;
    my ^(P)cup overflows.
⁶Surely^[d] goodness and mercy^[e] shall follow me
    all the days of my life,
and I shall ^(Q)dwell^[f] in the house of the Lord
    ^(R)forever.^[g]

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Footnotes

Psalm 23:2 Hebrew beside waters of rest
Psalm 23:3 Or in right paths
Psalm 23:4 Or the valley of deep darkness
Psalm 23:6 Or Only
Psalm 23:6 Or steadfast love
Psalm 23:6 Or shall return to dwell
Psalm 23:6 Hebrew for length of days

Isaiah 49:6

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⁶he says:
“It is too light a thing that you should be my servant
    to raise up the tribes of Jacob
    and to bring back the preserved of Israel;
^(A)I will make you ^(B)as a light for the nations,
    that ^(C)my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

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Jeremiah 30:3

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³^(A)For behold, days are coming, declares the Lord, ^(B)when I will restore ^(C)the fortunes of my people, ^(D)Israel and Judah, says the Lord, ^(E)and I will bring them back to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall take possession of it.”

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Jeremiah 30:3 in all English translations

Zechariah 10:8-9

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⁸^(A)“I will whistle for them and ^(B)gather them in,
    for I have redeemed them,
    and ^(C)they shall be as many as they were before.
⁹^(D)Though I scattered them among the nations,
    yet in far countries ^(E)they shall remember me,
    and with their children they shall live and return.