Psalm 23:1-4 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.
4 Even 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.
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
Cross references
- Psalm 23:1 : 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
- Psalm 23:1 : Ps. 34:9, 10; [Matt. 6:33]
- Psalm 23:2 : Ezek. 34:14; John 10:9
- Psalm 23:3 : Ps. 19:7
- Psalm 23:3 : Ps. 5:8; 31:3; 139:10, 24; 143:10; Isa. 40:11; 49:10
- Psalm 23:3 : Prov. 4:11; 8:20
- Psalm 23:3 : Ps. 25:11; 31:3; 79:9; 109:21; Ezek. 20:9, 14
- Psalm 23:4 : Ps. 138:7
- Psalm 23:4 : See Job 3:5
- Psalm 23:4 : Ps. 3:6; 27:1, 3; 118:6
- Psalm 23:4 : Ex. 3:12; Isa. 43:2
- Psalm 23:4 : Mic. 7:14
English Standard Version (ESV) 
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