Psalms 23:1
LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
In Context
2He makes me to lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.
Cross References
Psalms 34:9O fear LORD, ye his sanctified, for there is no want to those who fear him.
Psalms 34:11Come, ye children, hearken to me. I will teach you the fear of LORD.
Psalms 79:13so we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks forever. We will show forth thy praise to all generations.
Isaiah 40:11He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, [and] will gently lead those who have their young.
Jeremiah 31:10Hear the word of LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He who scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock.
Ezekiel 34:14I will feed them with good pasture, and their fold shall be upon the mountains of the height of Israel. There they shall lay down in a good fold, and on fat pasture they shall feed upon the mountains of Israel.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 23:1
Many of David's psalms are full of complaints, but this is full of comforts, and the expressions of delight in God's great goodness and dependence upon him. It is a psalm which has been sung by good Christians, and will be while the world stands, with a great deal of pleasure and satisfaction. I. The psalmist here claims relation to God, as his shepherd, ver. 1 . II. He recounts his experience of the kind things God had done for him as his shepherd, ver. 2, 3 , 5 . III. Hence he infers that he should want no good… Read the whole commentary →