Psalms 23:1
A Psalm. Of David. The Lord takes care of me as his sheep; I will not be without any good thing.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
In Context
2He makes a resting-place for me in the green fields: he is my guide by the quiet waters.
Cross References
Psalms 34:9\34:8\By experience you will see that the Lord is good; happy is the man who has faith in him.
Psalms 34:11\34:10\The young lions are in need and have no food; but those who are looking to the Lord will have every good thing.
Psalms 79:13So we your people, and the sheep of your flock, will give you glory for ever: we will go on praising you through all generations.
Isaiah 40:11He will give food to his flock like a keeper of sheep; with his arm he will get it together, and will take up the lambs on his breast, gently guiding those which are with young.
Jeremiah 31:10Give ear to the word of the Lord, O you nations, and give news of it in the sea-lands far away, and say, He who has sent Israel wandering will get him together and will keep him as a keeper does his flock.
Ezekiel 34:14I will give them good grass-land for their food, and their safe place will be the mountains of the high place of Israel: there they will take their rest in a good place, and on fat grass-land they will take their food on 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 →