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

Exodus 3:16-22

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¹⁶“Go, assemble the elders^(A) of Israel and say to them, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob^(B)—appeared to me and said: I have watched over you and have seen^(C) what has been done to you in Egypt. ¹⁷And I have promised to bring you up out of your misery in Egypt^(D) into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’^(E)

¹⁸“The elders of Israel will listen^(F) to you. Then you and the elders are to go to the king of Egypt and say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews,^(G) has met^(H) with us. Let us take a three-day journey^(I) into the wilderness to offer sacrifices^(J) to the Lord our God.’ ¹⁹But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless a mighty hand^(K) compels him. ²⁰So I will stretch out my hand^(L) and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders^(M) that I will perform among them. After that, he will let you go.^(N)

²¹“And I will make the Egyptians favorably disposed^(O) toward this people, so that when you leave you will not go empty-handed.^(P) ²²Every woman is to ask her neighbor and any woman living in her house for articles of silver^(Q) and gold^(R) and for clothing, which you will put on your sons and daughters. And so you will plunder^(S) the Egyptians.”^(T)

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Exodus 4:18-20

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Moses Returns to Egypt

¹⁸Then Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, “Let me return to my own people in Egypt to see if any of them are still alive.”

Jethro said, “Go, and I wish you well.”

¹⁹Now the Lord had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all those who wanted to kill^(A) you are dead.^(B)” ²⁰So Moses took his wife and sons,^(C) put them on a donkey and started back to Egypt. And he took the staff^(D) of God in his hand.

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1 Peter 2:13-17

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¹³Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority:^(A) whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority, ¹⁴or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong^(B) and to commend those who do right.^(C) ¹⁵For it is God’s will^(D) that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.^(E) ¹⁶Live as free people,^(F) but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil;^(G) live as God’s slaves.^(H) ¹⁷Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers,^(I) fear God, honor the emperor.^(J)