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]

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

Exodus 2:15-25

English Standard Version

¹⁵When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill Moses. But ^(A)Moses fled from Pharaoh and stayed in the land of Midian. And he sat down by ^(B)a well.

¹⁶Now the ^(C)priest of Midian had seven daughters, and ^(D)they came and drew water and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. ¹⁷The shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and saved them, and ^(E)watered their flock. ¹⁸When they came home to their father ^(F)Reuel, he said, “How is it that you have come home so soon today?” ¹⁹They said, “An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds and even drew water for us and ^(G)watered the flock.” ²⁰He said to his daughters, “Then where is he? Why have you left the man? Call him, that he may ^(H)eat bread.” ²¹And Moses was content to dwell with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter ^(I)Zipporah. ²²She gave birth to a son, and he called his name ^(J)Gershom, for he said, “I have been a ^(K)sojourner^[a] in a foreign land.”

God Hears Israel's Groaning

²³^(L)During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel ^(M)groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. ^(N)Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. ²⁴And ^(O)God heard their groaning, and God ^(P)remembered his covenant with ^(Q)Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. ²⁵God ^(R)saw the people of Israel—and God ^(S)knew.

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Footnotes

Exodus 2:22 Gershom sounds like the Hebrew for sojourner

1 Peter 2:9-12

English Standard Version

⁹But you are ^(A)a chosen race, ^(B)a royal ^(C)priesthood, ^(D)a holy nation, ^(E)a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you ^(F)out of darkness into ^(G)his marvelous light. ¹⁰^(H)Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

¹¹Beloved, I urge you ^(I)as sojourners and exiles ^(J)to abstain from the passions of the flesh, ^(K)which wage war against your soul. ¹²^(L)Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, ^(M)they may see your good deeds and glorify God on ^(N)the day of visitation.